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Intermediate Time: 15 min
Step 2 of 6

Citability: writing for extraction

Authority alone does not tell you whether a passage can support an answer clearly when separated from its page. Use this step to inspect the shape of your own claims, then apply the audit method to a real draft instead of relying on general writing advice.

Core reading

  1. Citability
    Wiki
  2. Citability Audit
    Playbooks

Self-check

  • What does it actually mean for a passage to be 'citable'?
  • Which writing habits reduce citability even when the underlying content is sound?
  • How do you self-check whether a paragraph you wrote will get lifted?