concepts · 6
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Comment Adverbs
Adverbs like tellingly and revealingly that comment on a whole statement, used only where the paragraph has earned them.
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Attributing And Distancing
Report a claim while showing doubt about it: key for Reading questions on the writer's view, and useful in your own writing.
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Conceding Without Weakening
Admit a fair point without weakening your own position.
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Managing The Counter-Argument
Name the other side's argument and take it apart, the move that makes a both-views essay convincing.
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Closing With Force
End by stating what your argument proved, instead of repeating your introduction in new words.
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Review: Every Phrase Is A Promise
All the stance phrases from this chapter. Test yourself, and decide which ones you will not use in the exam.