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Notes
These arguments/notes are very helpful to understand how it works. Such as how what message the writer or author is trying to give to make them understand, agree or disagree.
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Phrases
These phrases will be helpful to know later on.
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Common Phrases That Introduce Counterarguments
Sometimes it could throw the reader off if they aren't that specific with their information. Even if they use these phrases.
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hey signal that one idea is supposed to lead to another.
Connecting and supporting each reason to why that goes with it.
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Reason → Claim Reason A → Reason B → Claim Reason A → Claim Reason B ↗
Kind of like a mind map
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It suggests that it may not be right to stop people from coming into America, and it may not be wrong to cross the border, even illegally.
I agree with this, even people who are legal sometimes aren't people who are helpful or great. Others think that immigration is bad since it will bring negative aspects or not do good things.
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claims of policy.
Is it possible to start with a fact than a policy or a claim value? Or does it have to be in order?
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title
I say that a title could be either a question or a fact about what's happening. But yes, a question as a title would be considered better since it instantly makes the reader think if they can relate to it or not.
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A good first place to look for the focus, of course, is the title.
Yes, that is true, it will give an idea of what the reading will be about. Let's say the reading is about "California's wildfires 2021" now we know what the paper is going to be about. California Wildfires
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Notice that attempting to summarize each claim can actually take more space than the original text itself if we are summarizing in detail and trying to be very precise about what the text claims and implies. Of course, we won’t want to or need to do this in such detail for every paragraph of every reading we are assigned to write about. We can resort to it when the argument gets harder to follow or when it’s especially important to be precise.
Would it be every assumption that we may think is a fact, but ending it with a question in the sentence that we gave? Such as the example that is provided. It gives a fact, but then asks questions about it. Either it could be a claim of policy, fact, or value.
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we would all cross the border
I mean yes, possibly. Depends on what situation someone is in.
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Claims of Value
It's more of disagreeing or agreeing over something.
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Claims of Fact
The claim of policy is something to do, to take action, and claims of facts are to help the readers visualize or describe what particular problems are happening. It could be a negative or positive thing that is happening, but it is a way for a reader to imagine how it is being described.
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Claims of policy don’t have to be about dramatic actions
Claims of policy could be a demand but also a certain action that could be committed. Such as if someone wants something different to happen in the school system.
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Here are a few phrases that signal a claim of policy, a claim that is pushing readers to do something:
These claims will help me on the lookout when reading something. The phrases may not be the same but could be identical in how they are written.
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The most familiar kind of argument demands action
It is to grab the reader's attention and not get them lost in what they are trying to say.
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