What is a counter-argument?
Definition: arguments developed in response to specific claims made by the other side. In other words, you briefly summarize and then refute the opposition’s side. Most people choose to put their counter-arg. paragraph at the end of their paper (before conclusion). If this is the case, then you will not spend much time refuting the opposition’s case, since you have basically done so throughout your paper. Instead, you will then briefly, but fairly, summarize the opposition’s case and then give one or two general sentences refuting it (something like “as I have illustrated, this thinking is not practical because . . .”). However, some writers prefer to begin each body paragraph with a counter-arg. For example, let’s say you are writing a pro-life essay. You can begin each paragraph with a claim made by pro-choice advocates and then spend the rest of the paragraph refuting it while simultaneously arguing your position. Again, pretend that you are a defense attorney–you will need to anti
