People who complain that video games involve too much sitting are probably old. They probably don’t know very much about gaming,
either. They don’t realize that people can play virtual sports, such as tennis, on video games. There are video games for dancing, too. If people bothered to learn about the different kinds of video games, they would see how wrong they are. This student’s sample paragraph addresses the counterclaim. Critique this paragraph by answering the questions.
A counterclaim is a claim that states the opposite of what the writer is arguing. In this case, the writer is saying that the opposition says that video games involve too much sitting, which tells us that the counterclaim is that video games make people inactive.
The evidence the author provides to weaken the counterclaim is games that involve physical activity, such as dancing or sports related games.
The tone of the rebuttal is rude. The author states that the opposition is "probably old" and that they "don't know very much about gaming," which is another way of calling them uninformed.
