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EXPLAINING QUOTATIONS

 Basically, X is saying ___________.

 In other words, X believes ___________.

 In making this comment, X argues that __________.

 X is insisting that ____________.

 X’s point is that __________.

DISAGREEING – WITH REASONS

 X is mistaken because he/she overlooks _________________.

 X’s claim that _________________ rests upon the questionable assumption that ______________.

 X’s view that _________________ is incorrect because, as recent research (personal experience)

has shown, _________________.

 By focusing on _________________, X overlooks the deeper problem of _________________.

 X claims _________________, but society doesn’t need him/her to tell us that. Anyone familiar

with _________________ has long known that _________________.

AGREEING—WITH REASONS

 X is surely right about _________________ because, as he/she may not be aware, recent studies

have shown that _________________.

 X’s theory of _________________ is extremely useful because it sheds insight on the difficult

problem of _________________.

 I agree that _________________, a point that needs emphasizing since so many people believe

_________________.

AGREEING AND DISAGREEING SIMULTANEOUSLY

 Although X is correct to a point, overall his/her conclusion that _________________ is invalid

because _________________.

 Although ____________ would disagree with much of what X says, he/she/they would fully

endorse his/her final conclusion that _________________.

 Though X would concede that _________________, he/she would still insist that _____________.

 X is right that _________________, but her/his idea(s) seems questionable when she/he states

_________________________.

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