Can you help me understand this Writing question?
This is the prompt: Was Montresor justified in seeking revenge on Fortunato?
Instructions for counterargument: In any good argument, one must have an understanding of the opposing opinion. This understanding is contained in your counterargument. •Counterargument in an essay has two stages: you turn against your argument to challenge it and then you turn back to re-affirm it. You first imagine a skeptical reader, or cite an actual source, who might resist your argument by pointing out.
Instructions for Refutation: This is why the opposing opinion is incorrect. •Your return to your own argument—which you announce with a but, yet, however, nevertheless or still—must likewise involve careful reasoning, not a flippant (or nervous) dismissal. In reasoning about the proposed counterargument, you may•refute it, showing why it is mistaken—an apparent but not real problem;•acknowledge its validity or plausibility, but suggest why on balance it’s relatively less important or less likely than what you propose, and thus doesn’t overturn it;•concede its force and complicate your idea accordingly—restate your thesis in a more exact, qualified, or nuanced way that takes account of the objection, or start a new section in which you consider your topic in light of it. This will work if the counterargument concerns only an aspect of your argument; if it undermines your whole case, you need a new thesis.
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