Monday, September 25, 2017

Sentence Frames for Evaluating Sources

RED FLAGGING


Something about this author’s background that concerns me is…


A study/source cited by the author I need to read for myself is…


I notice an over-reliance on emotional language and generalizations when the author talks about…


I notice a lack of empirical evidence (data, evidence) in the author’s discussion of….


The author’s claim seems to only come from …..

COUNTERING



What this argument overlooks is…


The author assumes that…; this is problematic because…


The problem with this study is that…


The evidence the author uses to make this argument only applies or relates to …


This argument doesn’t apply to (situation, group of people)...


A point the author makes that is true, but doesn’t seem relevant to their argument, is…


The author’s bias is evident in their use of  (sources, language, etc.) …


The author lacks evidence concerning…


While the author makes a good point about ..., it still does not prove that ….


While I concede that …  is a valid point, I must point out that …

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