SentenceTemplates

(DerivedfromGraffandBirkensteinsTheySay,ISay)

IntroducingStandardViews

Americanstodaytendtobelievethat______________.

Commonsenseseemstosaythat_________________.

Itisoftensaidthat__________________.

Manypeopleassumethat______________.

IntroducingWhatTheySay

Anumberof_______haverecentlysuggestedthat__________.
Ithasbecomecommontodaytodismiss(ormakefunof)__________.
Intheirrecentwork,YandZhaveharshlycriticized___________for
___________.

Example
UsingaQuotation
1. Xstates,_______().
2. AccordingtoX,____().
3. Xhimselfwrites,_______().
4. Inhisbook,______________,Xmaintainsthat________().
5. Writinginthemagazine________,Xcomplainsthat____________().
6. Xagreeswhenshewrites,_____().

Explanation
ExplainingQuotations 12. AlthoughXclaimsthat
1. Basically,Xissaying __________,recentresearchhas
___________. shown__________.
2. Inotherwords,Xbelieves 13. Xcontradictshimself.Ontheone
___________. hand,heargues__________.But
3. Inmakingthiscomment,Xargues ontheotherhand,healsosays
that__________. __________.
4. Xisinsistingthat____________. 14. Byfocusingon__________,X
5. Xspointisthat__________. overlooksthedeeperproblemof
__________.
AgreeingwiththeQuote MakingConcessions
 6. Iagreethat________becausemy 15. ProponentsofXarerighttoargue
experience_______confirmsit. that______________.Buttheyare
7. Xstheoryof_________is exaggeratingwhentheyclaimthat
extremelyusefulbecauseitsheds
_____________.
insightonthedifficultproblemof
____________. 16. Whileitistruethat__________,it
8. Iagreethat_________,apoint doesnotnecessarilyfollowthat
thatneedsemphasizingsinceso _____________.
manypeoplebelieve 17. Ontheonehand,Xisrighttosay
___________. ________________.Ontheother
9. IfXiscorrectthat__________,
hand,itisstilltruethat
thenwemustreassessthepopular
assumptionthat_________. _________________.
DisagreeingwiththeQuote
10. Xismistakenbecauseshe/he
overlooks__________.
11. Xsclaimthat__________rests
uponthequestionableassumption
thatjoo__________.

Significance
1. Xisimportantbecause_______.
2. Ultimately,whatisatstakehereis________.
3. ThisdiscussionofXisinfactaddressingthelargermatterof________.
4. AlthoughXmayseemofconcerntoonlyasmallgroupof______,itshouldin
factconcernanyonewhocaresabout___________.
5. AlthoughXmayseemtrivial,itisinfactcrucialintermsoftodaysconcern
over__________.
6. Thesefindingshaveimportantconsequencesforthebroaderdomainof
__________.
7. Theseconclusions/Thisdiscoverywillhavesignificantapplicationsin
__________aswellasin__________.
8. Takingeverythingintoconsideration,wemust_________(calltoaction).
9. Consequently,thebestcourseofactionwouldto________________(callto
action).