Learning objectives
Summarize the main claim of each of two short texts on the same topic in a single sentence before comparing them
Classify the relationship between the texts: agreement, partial agreement, direct disagreement, or one text qualifying or extending the other
Predict how the author of one text would most likely respond to a specific claim or method in the other, using only the positions actually stated
Identify a point that both authors would accept by checking that it appears in each text, not just one
Avoid choices that attribute to one author a view stated only by the other, or that overstate how strongly the texts disagree
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