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Counterclaim/Rebuttal What is a counterclaimThis is what your audience may say to disagree with you. You need to address your audiences concerns so you can refute them! To do this you MUST know your audience!!ExampleMy teacher may say: Gum may cause a distraction if you chew it loudlyMy principal may say: Gum causes messes that take too much of our custodian’s time and makes out school look badHow do I respond to the counterclaim?With a REBUTTAL!The rebuttal is the “comeback”How you will shoot down their disagreement and bring them back to “your side” to see your vision and why you are correctExample:If students weren’t afraid of being caught, they wouldn’t feel the need to stick gum to desks to hide it from their teachers.Example: ?Counterclaim: Critics argue that the cultural significance of pandas in China is a sufficient reason to save the pandas. Evidence: Adam Wang explains in the article "The Significance of the Panda" that pandas "have become a symbol of China and they are really significant to the Chinese culture."Rebuttal: While it may be true that the Chinese greatly revere the panda as a symbol of strength, peace, and brotherhood, the potential extinction of the pandas does not eliminate the meaning behind that symbol. Evidence: An article from explains, "Chinese dragons are symbolic of being lucky, propitious, powerful, and noble." Analysis: The dragon holds a similar significance to the Chinese as the panda does, however one is fictional and the other requires government and donor funding to keep alive. If we allowed the panda to fade into myth and memory, it would still hold the same cultural significance that the dragon does. ................
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