Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can define concession and name its three forms. (Guide: “What it means to concede”; Practice questions 1 and 4)
- I can explain how conceding enhances credibility. (Guide: “Why concede? What the writer gains”; Practice question 2)
- I can explain why a concession is a strategy and not a surrender. (Guide: “The pattern: concede, then pivot”; Practice question 3)
Skills
- I can write a concession in each of the three forms. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice question 6)
- I can use concession language and put the concession in a subordinate position. (Guide: “The language of concession”; Practice question 5)
- I can pivot back to my thesis after a concession. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice question 6)
Reasoning
- I can explain what a writer concedes, how, and what the writer gains. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice question 7)
- I can judge when a concession goes too far and gives away the thesis. (Guide: “Limits: do not concede too much”; Practice questions 3 and 6)
- I can analyse a public-domain concession, such as Douglass’s praise of the founders, for its strategy. (Guide: “A public-domain example”; Practice question 8)
All ticked? Move on to the Topic 9.4 study guide, Rebutting and Refuting.