The following is a list of arguments that lack a "they say"- any sense of who need to hearthese claims, who might think otherwise. like the speaker in the cartoon on page 4 who declares that the sopranos presents complex characters, these one-sided arguments fail to explain what view they are responding to- what view, in effect, they are trying to correct, add to, qualify, complicate, and so forth. your job in this exercise is to provide each argument with such a counterview. feel free to use any of the templates in this chapter that you find . our experiments suggest that there are dangerous levels of chemical x in the ohio groundwater. i’ve always assumed ohio’s ground water was safe and clean, but recent experiments suggest that there are dangerous levels of chemical x in the ohio groundwater. material forces drive history. some americans believe spiritual forces drivehistory, but i believe that material forces drive history. proponents of freudian psychology question standard notions of "rationality."in my high school ap course sigmund freud, a well known psychologist who is recognized for founding psychoanalysis. psychologists today suggest proponents of freudian psychology question standard notions of "rationality". male students often dominate class discussions. a research study reports women naturally talkmore than men, so why is it that male students often dominate classroom discussions? the film is about the problems of romantic relationships. at the same time that i believe the film is about the problems of a romantic relationships i also believe that the film is about different ways to solve the problems of a romantic relationship. i’m afraid that templates like the ones in this book will stifle my creativity. many students like the "they say" "i say" templates because they organize and guide classroom discussions, but i’m afraid that templates like the one is this book will stifle my creativity.