Disagreeing with grace

Languages · Sounds & Conversation · ages 16-18

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Which line softens a blow?
- You are a fool
- It seems to me the claim slips here
- Be quiet
How do you grant yet push?
- Praise a crumb, add yet, state doubt
- Shout no thrice
- Walk out
Asking probes can press harder than shouting claims.
Circle one: True False
A foe cuts in mid-thread. What is best?
- Take the point, answer in one line, resume
- Wail and yield the floor
- Hurl insults
Their rule meets a hard case. What is your move?
- Concede the rule covers this too
- Shift tongues
- Ask what the rule says of this case
Slashing the speaker beats slashing the claim.
Circle one: True False
A foe grants your facts yet holds their end. What probe fits?
- Why are they mean
- What is for lunch
- What then bears their end if not those facts
Each push of yours draws heat. Which set keeps you in the new tongue?
- Long fresh speeches
- Owned set lines for grant, stall, and hand-back
- First-tongue asides

Answer key

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It seems to me the claim slips here · Soft words strike claims while sparing speakers.
Praise a crumb, add yet, state doubt · Small grants show ears; yet clears the push.
True · One sharp probe forces the foe to explain.
Take the point, answer in one line, resume · Brief calm beats long flustered noise.
Ask what the rule says of this case · Case probes bare weak spots with short lines.
False · Spare the voice; test the thought.
What then bears their end if not those facts · Force the prop into light; ends need bearers.
Owned set lines for grant, stall, and hand-back · Stock lines stop strain from robbing speech.