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Part I. Directions: You learned earlier about the considerations you need to make
when formulating evaluative statements, as well as the signal words that you may
use. Now, put what you learned. Formulate an evaluative statement and label it as
either positive or negative, depending on the focus of the evaluation.
Text Evaluative Statements Classification
Example: Example: Example:
If you are not so smart, you should try The statement is very discriminative Negative
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to be a teacher against those with average intelligence
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and teachers in general.
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Only rich people can become medical The notion is that being poor does not Negative
doctors preclude you from becoming a doctor;
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graduated as physicians. As the phrase
goes, there are always methods to achieve
your objectives.
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No one is so poor that he has nothing The comment appears to be made by Positive
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In posting things on social media, you It entails not being hurtful in online Positive
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others.
We must all help to save the planet. Its environment is extremely significant Positive
since it provides us with food and water to
maintain life. Our own survival is
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Formulating Counterclaims
Part II. Directions: Provide a counterclaim for each claim. Write your
counterclaim in the column provided.
Claim Counterclaim
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Example: Loving someone is the best feeling Loving someone could only be the best feeling that
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everyone wants to experience. everyone would want to experience if there would be
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no arguments, infidelity, and doubts involved.
1. Staying up late to review for an exam is Staying up late could interrupt the body's regular sleep-
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2. Playing before working is better since you Playing before work may cause us to lose concentration
on what we have planned for the day, which plainly
condition your body and mind first. interrupts our concentration.
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3. Having incomplete school materials like- Certainly not because, first and foremost, we may still
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5. An average student is worse than a lazy Being an average student can be a decision or an
inevitable circumstance, and some students may choose
student to be average for various reasons.
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