They Say I Say : The Moves That Matter in Persuasive Writing
ISBN: 9780393065459 | 0393065456
Format: HardcoverPublisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Pub. Date: 8/1/2007
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"The Strunk & White of academic writing."--Richard Bullock, Wright State University As employers, politicians, parents, and other citizens lament the decline of writing skills among Americans, this little book comes to the rescue. An instant bestseller when it first appeared as a college textbook, "They Say/I Say" gives writers precisely what they need to know in the all-important domain of persuasive writing. Cutting through the clutter of educational diagnoses and nostrums, it goes right to the heart of what writers most need to do, and that ... MORE
| Preface: Demystifying Academic Conversation | p. ix |
| Introduction: Entering the Conversation | p. 1 |
| "They Say" | p. 15 |
| "They Say": Starting with What Others Are Saying | p. 17 |
| "Her Point Is": The Art of Summarizing | p. 28 |
| "As He Himself Puts It": The Art of Quoting | p. 39 |
| "I Say" | p. 49 |
| "Yes / No / Okay, But": Three Ways to Respond | p. 51 |
| "And Ye... MORE | p. 64 |
| "Skeptics May Object": Planting a Naysayer in Your Text | p. 74 |
| "So What? Who Cares?": Saying Why It Matters | p. 88 |
| Tying It All Together | p. 99 |
| "As A Result": Connecting the Parts | p. 101 |
| "Ain't so / Is Not": Academic Writing Doesn't Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice | p. 115 |
| "In Other Words": The Art of Metacommentary | p. 123 |
| Entering Class Discussions: A Brief Appendix | p. 133 |
| Readings | p. 137 |
| Don't Blame the Eater | p. 139 |
| Hidden Intellectualism | p. 142 |
| The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies | p. 149 |
| Index of Templates | p. 163 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 177 |
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