Learn How to Hedge Your Claims
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Title: Hedging
Author: Rita Simpson
Date: January, 2003
Summary: In this activity, hedging is defined and explained, alongside MICASE examples. Then students are asked to identify all the hedges in each passage, and discuss what functions they might be fulfilling. Then they can practice taking out and adding in hedges to analyze the effects on the tone of the passage.
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