People arguing about something

A sentence, where I express my side of the story

A piece of writing, where I state my claim

A process, where I take a stance and prove it using logic and evidence

States an opinion and uses transitions

Presents well-reasoned conclusions in order to persuade others to consider a point of view

Presents other opinions

Persuades people to follow the author's "call to action"

Supporting sentence

Topic sentence

Thesis

Counter-argument

Topic, introduction, strong conclusion

Main idea and expert opinions

Topic, text evidence, explanation, conclusion

All of the above

Statistics, vivid descriptions, stories

Personal opinions, essay outlines

Lengthy explanations and detailed examples

Personal stance and two solid reasons why you think what you think

Supporting one's argument

Disproving someone's argument

Discussing someone's opinion

Giving the benefit of the doubt to the opposite side

Opinion

Counter-argument

Pro-argument

Claim