College Composition / Unit 12 CMP 0289 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Responding to Counterclaims in Revision
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The idea
Revision is the time to add responses to the objections readers are likely to raise.
In practice
Peer reviewers who disagree with a draft reveal its counterclaims; a revised argument acknowledges them and answers them.
Where people slip
Ignoring a strong objection does not make it disappear; readers who hold it stop trusting the paper.
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