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Nuanced Claims: Beyond Obviously True or False — Homework
Practice telling facts from claims, then write and stress-test your own nuanced claim.
- 1.Label as FACT or CLAIM: "Our school day is seven hours long."
- 2.Label as FACT or CLAIM: "Our school day should be shortened by one hour."
- 3.Revise this absolute claim into a nuanced one: "Standardized tests are pointless."
- 4.Write your own nuanced claim about a real issue at your school or in your life.
- 5.Explain in one sentence why your claim passes the "could a reasonable person disagree" test.
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