"They say, I say" : the moves that matter in academic writing / Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein.
"They Say, I Say teaches students the rhetorical moves found in persuasive writing across all disciplines. The authors focus on the central rhetorical move that gives the book its title: how to begin with what others have said ("they say") in order to set up one's own argument (&...
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2018]
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: Demystifying academic conversation
- Introduction: Entering the conversation
- "They say": starting with what others are saying
- "Her point is": the art of summarizing
- "As he himself puts it": the art of quoting
- "Yes/No/Okay, but": three ways to respond
- "And yet": distinguishing what you say from what they say
- "Skeptics may object": planting a naysayer in your text
- "So what? Who cares?" saying why it matters
- "As a result": connecting the parts
- "You mean I can just say it that way?": academic writing doesn't mean setting aside your own voice
- "But don't get me wrong": the art of metacommentary
- "He contends": using the templates to revise
- "I take your point": entering class discussions
- "Don't make them scroll up": entering online conversations
- "What's motivating this writer?": reading for the conversation
- "On closer examination": entering conversations about literature
- "The data suggest": writing in the sciences
- "Analyze this": writing in the social sciences
- Readings. Don't blame the eater / David Zinczenko
- Hidden intellectualism / Gerald Graff
- "Rise of the Machines" is not a likely future / Michael Littman
- The new Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness / Michelle Alexander
- Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor.