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Learner distinguishes support from restatement at higher volume, and supplies the former.
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Six sentences offered as support. Four are the claim, louder.
Claim: homework harms younger children. Homework is extremely harmful and clearly damages children in many serious ways. Is this support?
The tell, what support looks like, and the test.
clearly · obviously · extremely ·
undoubtedly · certainly
These appear when a writer senses their claim is unsupported and reaches for something.
The volume goes up. The content does not.
Twelve sentences, six of each.
Sort each item into the correct category
Eight sentences. Two are already support.
Claim: homework harms younger children. Homework is extremely harmful and clearly damages children. →
Claim: free transport would change commuting. It is obvious that people would switch immediately. →
Claim: remote work harms junior staff. A junior who never overhears a difficult phone call never learns how one is handled. →
Claim: tourism damages historic centres. Everyone knows that tourism ruins these cities completely. →
Claim: training pays for itself. The benefits are certainly far greater than the costs. →
Claim: the fee rise deterred poorer applicants. This undoubtedly had a very serious effect on many students. →
Claim: free transport is expensive. Fare revenue currently funds about a third of network maintenance. →
Claim: longer school days would help. Longer days are clearly far better for everyone involved. →
Two sentences, no intensifying adverbs allowed.
Claim: making public transport free would reduce car use in cities.
Support it in two sentences.
Banned: clearly, obviously, extremely, undoubtedly, certainly, definitely.
A sceptic should be able to accept each sentence without taking your word for it.
No intensifying adverbs.
Answer the question a sceptic would ask.
Eight claims, four kinds of support.
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