High Argumentative: Countering, move 2

Sentence Examples: High Argumentative-Countering - Move 2

Learning Objectives & Strategies:
Find the patterns for expressing High Argumentative stance. Below are the steps:
1. Look at the "Linguistic Expressions for High Argumentative"
2. Then search [EDIT->Find in the browser] by recurrent patterns in the linguistic expressions (keywords, pre/suffix, tense, etc.). Here is a reference list for you.
3. When ready, take an exercise.
(SEE ALSO "Start with clause" for breaking a text into clauses)

(1) Select a 'function'

(2) Select a MOVE (What is this?) the function falls into

3 Rhetoric Moves in "Introduction"	Stance: Click on each sentence to see its context (What is this?). * bold = Stance Keywords
Move 2. Establish the niche	1. However, critics have disagreed vigorously about the goals and features of an improved pedagogy. (Bain)
	2. . . .while core historical concepts, such as stability and change, require familiarity with the sequence of events to give them meaning. (Bain)
	3. However, it has received relatively little research attention. (Rogoff)
	4. Yet, to engage in these types of inquiry (such as answering the questions above), teacher scholars have little theoretical and methodological precedent for studying issues of these disciplines. (DePew)
	5.. . .but the conversation is still only a murmur.
	6. And yet, until recently, the exclusion of teenagers from the vote has received comparatively little attention in public debate (Schrag, 2004). (Chan)
	7. Nevertheless, the question of the voting age is now a subject of political debate. (Chan)
	8. . . . --while the age of candidacy should be lowered from 21 to 18, . . . . (Chan)
	9. Whereas action-oriented individuals make decisions and initiate difficult actions relatively quickly under demanding or difficult conditions, . . . (Kuhl, 1994a). (Kazen)
	10. However, the empirical evidence, which we review below, does not allow for firm conclusions regarding the temporal sequence of forgiveness and psychological adjustment. (Orth)
	11. . . .but there is growing consensus that . . .(Orth)
	12. However, the question arises as to whether 'positive' life events and 'positive' emotions can also lead to religion and spirituality. (Saroglou)