Use the sentence templates below to analyze how Edmundson’s position supports or challenges Ripley’s ideas.

Understand. Mark Edmundson, a professor at the University of Virginia, cites his own experience to argue that ______.

Compare and Contrast. His experience relates to Ripley’s argument because ______.

Interpret. I think that Edmundson is / is not effective in raising questions about the strength of Ripley’s argument in that ______.