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Supporting Detail

>In supporting your argument, imagine yourself as a lawyer defending a client. The more evidence you can mount in support of your client, the more convinced the jury (in this case, the reader) will be. Use a sufficient amount of examples, statistics, quotations from authoritative sources, and scientific terms to support your statements.