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DrillFoundation14 min

Develop Two Distinct Opinion Reasons

Build a stable position with separate reasoning chains.

What you'll learn

  • Build a stable position with separate reasoning chains.

How to do this drill

  1. State a qualified position.
  2. Assign a one-word category to each reason.
  3. Develop each with mechanism and example.

Material

Question

Should admission to major publicly supported community events generally include local transit on the event day? Consider access, crowd movement, service cost, capacity, and people who cannot use transit. You may support the idea with conditions or oppose it with an alternative.

Your tasks

  1. Create a position, two distinct reason labels, and one concern response.
  2. Deliver a ninety-second opinion.

Check your work

Finish the tasks first, then open the answer to compare.

Show the answer

Answer

One defensible plan supports inclusion when extra capacity is funded: reason one access/simpler travel; reason two arrival congestion; concern cost and non-users; response transparent budget plus accessible drop-off.

How to reach it

  1. Set position and condition.
  2. Separate access from traffic flow.
  3. Answer funding/accessibility concern fairly.

Evidence

A strong close limits the recommendation to major events near useful routes rather than claiming every gathering should bundle transit.

Review your attempt

  • Are reasons different in mechanism?
  • Does the qualification preserve a clear position?

Take it further

Give the opposing view using service reliability rather than cost alone.

What's next

You've trained the move — now apply it in a scored task, or keep working through the library.

Independent CELPIP-style practice material. This is not an official CELPIP question.