Chapter 3: Precision At Fine Grain

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   Sprint 3.1: Six Kinds Of Small

   Learner selects the word for smallness that names why the thing is small, rather than only that it is.

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   Sprint 3.2: Degrees Of Certainty Beyond Hedging

   Learner signals how a claim is known, not merely how strongly it is held — the distinction the Band 6 to 7 hedging sprint could not reach.

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3. 03

   Sprint 3.3: Degrees Of Causation

   Learner names the specific causal role a factor plays, and separates causal relationships from logical ones.

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4. 04

   Sprint 3.4: Degrees Of Objection

   Learner names the kind and strength of an objection precisely, which is the vocabulary that discuss-both-views essays run on at Band 8.

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   Sprint 3.5: Degrees Of Scope

   Learner states how comprehensively a measure applies, which is the most useful precision available in solution paragraphs.

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6. 06

   Chapter 3 Review: Which Kind, And When There Isn't One

   Learner consolidates all thirty chapter items by the dimension each one names, and demonstrates restraint by choosing the ordinary word wherever no dimension has been established.

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