Chapter 3: Argument, Stance And Concession

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   Sprint 3.1: Hedging And Certainty

   Scale a claim to the evidence you actually have, so it survives the counter-example an examiner is looking for.

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   Sprint 3.2: Concession And Counter-Argument

   Concede a point and then pivot, producing the two-part structure every discuss-both-views essay needs.

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   Sprint 3.3: Emphasis And Prioritisation

   Signal which of several reasons matters most, instead of presenting them all as equally weighted.

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   Sprint 3.4: Evaluating Arguments

   Judge an argument in precise terms rather than calling it good or bad, and know which adjectives collocate with argument, evidence and claim.

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   Sprint 3.5: Proposing And Recommending

   Propose solutions with verbs that name the actual policy mechanism, replacing the vague claim that the government should do something.

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   Chapter 3 Review: Holding A Position

   Learner retrieves all forty Chapter 3 items, scales a claim to its evidence without over-hedging, and produces a discuss-both-views paragraph graded against the Lexical Resource descriptors.

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