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Tracing an Argument Across a Text

Follow a persuasive text from claim to conclusion by tracking paragraph roles, evidence, counterarguments, responses and structural links.

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Arguments move

Tracing an argument means following how it develops from one stage to the next. Do not only ask, 'What is the conclusion?' Ask how the writer builds the case: claim, reasons, evidence, counterargument, response and ending.