Chapter 3: A Position You Can Hold

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   Sprint 3.1: Saying It In The Introduction

   Learner writes an introduction whose final sentence states a position specific enough to be disagreed with.

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   Sprint 3.2: The Same Position In Every Paragraph

   Learner makes each body paragraph visibly serve the stated position, rather than being merely on topic.

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   Sprint 3.3: Where The Position Drifts

   Learner finds the sentence where their essay stopped arguing what it said it would argue, which is almost always in the second body paragraph or the conclusion.

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   Sprint 3.4: Refusing To Choose

   Learner commits to a position on a question they find genuinely balanced, and distinguishes a nuanced position from no position.

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   Sprint 3.5: Conceding Without Switching Sides

   Learner grants the strongest opposing point and then explains why their position survives it, rather than granting it and stopping.

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   Sprint 3.6: A Conclusion That Adds Something

   Learner writes a conclusion that restates the position and adds one thing — a condition, an implication, or a recommendation — without introducing a new argument.

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   Sprint 3.7: Chapter Repair — Unmarked Position

   Learner finds and repairs whichever position fault an essay carries, with nothing marking which.

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