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Arguing your case
If you want to compare your subject to something else you can argue by analogy. Sometimes you might like to ask questions - which you will then probably go on to answer. This is particularly useful at the beginning of a paper (to set the scene). Questions can also be used at the end of a paper (to summarize your argument). Another possibility is to argue your paper from a hypothetical future - in other words, you ask a 'what if' question. If these suggestions seem too complicated you can of course simply 'present the facts'. Your presentation of evidence may then be sufficient to dictate how you structure your paper. Probably however you will find one of the common stucturing frameworks useful for the main body of your paper.

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