LET’S TRY ONE
The committee proposes a later library closing time. It accepts that extra hours would require more staffing. However, a four-week trial would measure whether the added use justifies that cost.
Which statement is the concession?
Extra hours would require more staffing.
The staffing sentence acknowledges a genuine cost raised against the proposal. The trial sentence is the response to that concern.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Distinguish acknowledging another position from responding to it with reasons or evidence.
- Identify the proposal and the opposing concern.
- Find the point the writer accepts; label that concession.
- Separate the reason or evidence used in response; label that rebuttal.
Try it together
Write a three-sentence proposal that fairly acknowledges one objection and then answers that objection with specific evidence.
A concession acknowledges a point raised by another view. A rebuttal responds with a reason or evidence; it does not merely acknowledge the concern.