Sentence Examples: Med Argumentative-Higher Frequency/Level - Move 2

Learning Objectives & Strategies:
Find the patterns for expressing Med Argumentative stance. Below are the steps:
1. Look at the "Linguistic Expressions for Med 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' right arrow (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. Most subsequent educational critics have shared Hall's concerns about the quality of history instruction (Bain)
  2. In the psychological literature, several definitions of forgiveness have been proposed . . . (Orth)
 

3. Teacher's feedback about students' writing is often expressed in general terms which is of little help . . .(Burstein)

 

4. These kinds of questions are often used in textbooks to encourage students to reflect on the organizational components in their writing: . . . (Burstein)