1) Introduction with Thesis Statement 2) First Argument Supporting Thesis 3) Second Argument Supporting Thesis 4) Third Argument Supporting Thesis 5) Fourth Argument Supporting Thesis (more or less, depending on how many arguments you choose to include) 6) Conclusion summing up main arguments and how they prove your thesis. Under each Main Idea, heading come relevant pieces of textual evidence (quotes and paraphrases), explanatory information, and secondary arguments supporting that Main Idea as well as counterarguments (and refutations) relevant to that idea.