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Unit 6: Evidence, Bias, and Word Choice

Reasoning and Organization: Reading

Read how an argument's thesis and line of reasoning bend around evidence that pushes back, and judge whether a writer accounts for a limitation or only mentions it.

Topic 6.5 · 15 min read

This lesson comes with the AP English Language and Composition plan

In this lesson

  1. 01A finished thesis carries the marks of its evidence
  2. 02Where the complicating evidence goes, and why there
  3. 03Did the reasoning change, or only the wording?
  4. 04Judging whether the line of reasoning holds
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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