Express a stance: High Argumentative

How to express a stance: High Argumentative (90%+ Authoritative)

Authors take strong stance in High Argumenatitive. Make sure the one of the following linguistic items is used: (1) modal auxiliaries,
(2) proclaiming adverbs (and sometimes adjectives), and
(3) countering conjunctions.

Learning Objectives & Strategies:
Familiarize with the linguistic patterns for expressing High Argumentative stance.
1. Find the linguistic patterns for expressing High Argumentative below
2. Then search by the linguistic patterns (keywords, pre/suffix, tense, etc.) you found in the "Stance Sentence Examples". Here is a reference list for you.
3. You can also compare the linguistic expressions across the 4 stances in "Distinguishing the 4 stances")

(key linguistic expressions in red)

Sentence Types (What is this?)

Linguistic Expressions

	Modal Auxiliary	Proclaiming Adverb
1) Countering connectors (e.g. However, Although, But)	N.A.	N.A.
2) S.+ Active verb (e.g. contribute to, reflect, require, present)	should, have to, ought to, need to, do, etc.	clearly, particularly, obviously, Indeed, nevertheless, certainly, highly, also, so, very, quite, such, even, etc. [negative] never
3) S + (contending, proclaiming, or endorsing) V (e.g. This chapter emphasizes, We know, I do believe, They confirm)	same as above	same as above
4) Passive form (e.g. It is made of.., We are expected to...)	same as above	same as above
5) Be verb+ n or adj (e.g. This is a dilemma, The study is significant.)	same as above	same as above