4. Select the next sentence and repeat steps 3 and 4.
No unique instruction for Debategraph at this step.
You are now going to take the "winning" sentence from your most recent comparison and hear how it matches up with the others. Do this a systematically as possible to save on time.
| Comparison | Result |
| a. The myth that video games cause violent behavior is undermined by scientific research and common sense. c.i. We do not claim that the increased popularity of games caused the decline. | a is a better claim than c.i because c.i clarifies what the author is not claiming, rather than what he is claiming. is a better claim than because clarifies what the author is not claiming, rather than what he is claiming. |
| a. The myth that video games cause violent behavior is undermined by scientific research and common sense. c.ii. But the evidence makes a mockery of the suggestion that video games cause violent behavior. | Very similar, but a sounds more direct than c.ii. Also, c.ii makes a reference "the evidence," which implies a unique relationship to a specific fact outside of the sentence. a makes a more general statement implying multiple types of support. |
| a. The myth that video games cause violent behavior is undermined by scientific research and common sense. d. Indeed, as the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declared: "The state has not produced substantial evidence that…violent video games cause psychological or neurological harm to minors." | a is a better claim than d for the same reason a is a better claim than b, because a sounds more "persuading," and b sounds more "matter of fact." is a better claim than for the same reason is a better claim than , because sounds more "persuading," and sounds more "matter of fact." The final result: a is most likely the claim for this particular audience. |