"They say / I say" : the moves that matter in academic writing /

"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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Author / Creator: Graff, Gerald (Author)
Other Authors / Creators:Birkenstein, Cathy, author.
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:Fourth edition.
Imprint: New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
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505 0 |a 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. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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