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Building an Argument: Claim, Evidence, Counterclaim — Homework
Choose one topic from the neutral topic bank (school start times, a foreign-language requirement, a dress code, phone policies) for this week's outline.
- 1.Define claim, evidence, counterclaim, and rebuttal in one phrase each.
- 2.Why is it a weakness to state the counterclaim as a weak strawman that is easy to dismiss?
- 3.Write a specific, arguable claim about your chosen topic.
- 4.Draft one fairly stated counterclaim to your claim and one direct rebuttal to it.
- 5.Is it ever appropriate to partly concede a counterclaim rather than fully rebut it? Give an example.
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