Find a conversation and listen in.
Explore disagreements.
Track online conversations.
Ask questions about promising issues.
Build your argument.
Define your overall claim.
Develop reasons to accept your overall claim.
Choose evidence to support your reasons.
Identify and consider opposing claims.
Ensure the integrity of your argument.
Prepare a draft.
Make an argumentative claim.
Appeal to your readers.
Address counterarguments.
Consider genre and design.
Frame your argument.
Review and improve your draft.
Consider your overall claim.
Review your reasons, evidence, and appeals.
Examine your treatment of counterarguments.
