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Practice-W Exercise Archives
Exercise: Agree to Disagree
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Proposed by Evelyn Ellis
Posted on Sunday, November 5, 2017
Re-posted on Sunday, December 26, 2021
Edited and re-posted on Sunday, October 22, 2023
In 400 words or less, show two people with different viewpoints
attempting to discuss a current issue.
It seems these days that many people are unable to conduct a
rational discussion. Too often, the person who shouts loudest, interrupts and
continually talks over another speaker, appears to win the day.
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For this exercise, try to keep the discussion civil, and let both parties
support or advocate their arguments with reason, not just raw emotion.
At the end of the discussion, it may appear that their positions
remain unchanged.
Alternatively, one of the protagonists may begin to see the other
person’s point of view.
The two people could be strangers in a café or bar, family members,
colleagues or perhaps school classmates.
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Critiquing: Did the writer help you see both sides of the debate? Did the
participants actually listen to one another? Or did they continue to
favor just their own point of view?
Web site created by
Rh al Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Greg Gunther.
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