DB8
Unit 5 · Lesson 4• 23 min

The Impact: Stating Why It Matters to the Question

Today's lesson

TheImpact:StatingWhyItMatterstotheQuestion

The impact sentence closes a point by explicitly…

Quick Check
  1. 1. What does it mean to 'crystallize' a point?

  2. 2. True or False?

    "An impact statement should connect the specific claim back to the overall drawn question, not just restate the narrow claim again."

Answer all 2 questions to check.

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Takeaway

A strong impact crystallizes the point into a memorable sentence and explicitly reconnects it to the…