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      <font size="4" color="#000000">You must be honest with yourself at this point: if you suspect that you haven't fully answered the question, then you must either (a) revise your answer so that you <i>do </i>have a full answer to the question, or (b) provide an argument for why it is that the angle you want to bring to the question is legitimate (for example, explain why it is legitimate to focus on just one aspect of the question).</font>
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      <font size="4" color="#000000">It is not enough e.g. to <i>say </i>that &#x201c;I will be looking at arguments on both sides of this issue and coming to a conclusion&#x201d;. You should tell us <i>which </i>arguments you will be looking at, <i>what</i>your evaluation of each of these arguments will be, and <i>how</i>this analysis justifies the overall main claim you will be making. There are two reasons to give an overview of the structure of your argument: (a) it makes it much easier for the reader to grasp what you are saying, and why; (b) writing a summary of the structure of your argument is a good way of testing that <i>you do in fact </i>have a coherent argument. </font>
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      <font size="4" color="#000000">Remember that in any academic debate, anything worth saying will be disputed. If you can't think of any reasons why someone might doubt your main claim, it's likely that you are in the grip of a dogmatic certainty that you are right. This is not good: your essay will come across as a rant, which is the last thing you want. </font>
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