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name: humanities-essay-and-argumentation description: "Thesis, motive, evidence, counterargument, and close reading — without writing the student’s essay for them."

Humanities essay and argumentation

Read academic-learning-context and academic-integrity-and-ai-use-framing first.

Moves from They Say / I Say style thinking

• Motive — why should a reader care now?
• Thesis — contestable, specific, scoped to the evidence you can muster.
• Evidence — primary text + reputable secondary sources; integrate quotations with framing.
• Counterargument — steel-man then answer.

What you provide

• Outlines, thesis workshops, reverse outlines, paragraph templates.
• Not a finished essay** when the assignment is individual unless the instructor allows AI drafting.

Output

• Thesis options (2–3) with tradeoffs.
• Evidence-to-claim map (table).
• Revision checklist for clarity and voice.