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TEMPLATES FOR DISAGREEING, WITH REASONS: I think X is mistaken because he/she overlooks _______. Xs claim that _______ rests upon the questionable assumption that _______. I disagree with Xs view that _______ because, as recent research has shown, _______. X contradicts himself/cant have it both ways. On the one hand, he argues _______. But on the other hand, he also says _______. By focusing on _______, X overlooks the deeper problem of _______. X claims _______, but we dont need him/her to tell us that. Anyone familiar with _______ has long known that _______. TEMPLATES FOR AGREEING, WITH A DIFFERENCE: I agree that _______ because my experience _______ confirms it. X is surely right about _______ because, as he may not be aware, recent studies have shown that _______. Xs theory of _______ is extremely useful because, as he may not be aware, recent studies have shown that _______. I agree that _______, a point that needs emphasizing, since so many people believe _______. Those unfamiliar with this school of thought may be interested to know that it basically boils down to _______. If X is right that _______, as I think she is, then we need to reassess the popular assumption that _______. TEMPLATES FOR AGREEING AND DISAGREEING SIMULTANEOUSLY: Although I agree with X up to a point, I cannot accept his overall conclusion that _______. Although I disagree with much that X says, I fully endorse his/her final conclusion that _______. Though I concede that _______, I still insist that _______. While X is probably wrong when he/she claims that _______, he/she is right that _______. Whereas X provides ample evidence that _______, Y and Zs research on _______ and _______ convince me that _______ instead. Im of two minds about Xs claim that _______. On the one hand, I agree that _______. On the other hand, Im not sure if _______. My feelings on the issue are mixed. I do support Xs position that _______, but I find Ys argument about _______ and Zs research on _______ to be equally persuasive.
TEMPLATES FOR INTRODUCING QUOTATIONS: X states, _______. As the prominent philosopher X puts it, _______. According to X, _______. X himself writes, _______. In her book, _______, X maintains that _______. Writing in the journal Commentary, X complains that _______. In Xs review, _______. X agrees when she writes, _______. X disagrees when he states, _______. X complicates matters further when he writes, _______. TEMPLATES FOR EXPLAINING QUOTATIONS: Basically, X is saying _______. In other words, X believes _______. In making this comment, X argues that _______. In saying this, X is insisting that _______. Xs point here is that _______. The essence of Xs argument here is that _______. TEMPLATES FOR SUMMARIZING: X acknowledges that _______. X agrees that _______. X argues that _______. X believes that _______. X denies/does not deny _______. X claims that _______. X complains that _______. X concedes that _______. X demonstrates that _______. X deplores that tendency to _______. X celebrates the fact that _______. X emphasizes that _______.