Self-study
Client: The owners of the catering company we use decided to raise their rates. ████ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ █████ ████ ██ ████ ███ █████ ███ █████ ██ ███████████ █████ █████████ ██████ █████ ████ ██████ ██████████ ████ ████████ ███ ███ █████ █████ ██████ █████ ████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ██ ███████ ████████ ███████ █████████ ███ ████ ███████ ████ ██ ███████████ ██ ████ █████ ██████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The catering company’s owners should not raise their rates. Why? Because the company’s goal is to offer low-cost catering, and raising their rates will compromise this goal.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the client’s belief that the owners of the catering company should reconsider their decision to raise their rates and not pursue a rate increase: “They should reconsider that decision and not raise their rates.”
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a
The owners of ███ ████████ ███████ ███████ ██ █████ █████ ██████
This is context. It is the position that the client is arguing against.
b
The catering company █████ ██ ████████ ███ █████ ██ ███████████ ███ █████████ ██████ █████
This is how the catering company justifies their decision. It isn’t part of the client’s argument.
c
The catering company's █████ ██████ ███ ██ ███████
This rephrases the conclusion.
d
The catering company's ███████ ██ ██ ███████ ████████ ███████ █████████
This is context. It provides background for why raising its rates would compromise the catering company’s mission.
e
The catering company's ███████ ████ ██ ███████████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ██████████
This is a premise. It supports the conclusion that the catering company’s owners should not raise their rates.