Posted by pakguru on November 10th, 2017 | 0 comments | adverbs, argument, modals, opinion, strength of claim, Task 2, writing
Students experience stress when they enter university because college life is tough and tiring.
In my opinion this writer needs to take a chill pill. The claim he or she is making about university seems highly subjective and emotional.
The first problem is that there are plenty of students – myself included – who do not experience stress when they enter university. Secondly, college life is not always tough and tiring. College life includes fun social activities with friends, holidays, and leisure activities on and off campus. Both of these ideas can be incorporated into the original statement after taking two chill pills:
Why is it a good idea to weaken claims like this?
When you’re reading journal articles, look for other strategies writers use to weaken (or strengthen) claims.
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