This version includes readings that demonstrate those moves-and provide stimulating conversations for them to enter. The book also provides templates to help students make these key moves in their own writing. Overview: They Say / I Say demystifies academic writing by identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said ("they say") to set up one's own argument ("I say"). Predatory lending and the devouring of the American dream / Constance M. Income inequality: too big to ignore / Robert H. The American dream: dead, alive, or on hold? / Brandon King We, the public, place the best athletes on pedestals / William Moller Move over boys, make room in the crease / Sara Maratta How I learned to love football / Felisa Rogers Women who hit very hard and how they've changed tennis / Michael Kimmelman Having it his way: the construction of masculinity in fast-food TV advertising / Carrie Packwood Freeman and Debra Merskinġ7: Why does it matter who wins the big game? Kentucky town of Manchester illustrates national obesity crisis / Wil HaygoodĮscape from the western diet / Michael Pollanįood as thought: Resisting the moralization of eating / Mary Maxfield What you eat is your business / Radley Balko The good, the bad, and the Daily show / Jason Zinser The I.M.s of Romeo and Juliet / Roz ChastĮxtra lives: Why video games matter / Tom Bissell Reforming Egypt in 140 characters? / Dennis Baron Small change: why the revolution will not be tweeted / Malcolm Gladwell Thinking outside the idiot box / Dana Stevens Watching TV makes you smarter / Steven Johnson Why do you think they're called for-profit colleges? / Kevin CareyĪre too many people going to college? / Charles MurrayĪ lifetime of student debt? Not likely / Robin Wilson.ġ5: Is pop culture actually good for you? Two years are better than four / Liz Addison Kenyon commencement speech / David Foster Wallace Includes bibliographical references and index.ġ: "They say": Starting with what others are sayingĢ: "Her point is": The art of summarizingģ: "As he himself puts it": The art of quotingĤ: "Yes / no / okay, but": Three ways to respondĥ: "And yet": Distinguishing what you say from what they sayĦ: "Skeptics may object": Planting a naysayer in your textħ: "So what? Who cares?": Saying why it mattersĩ: "Ain't so/Is not": Academic writing doesn't always mean setting aside your own voiceġ0: "But don't get me wrong": The art of metacommentaryġ1: "I take your point": Entering class discussionsġ2: "What's motivating this writer?": Reading for the conversationġ3: "Analyze this": Writing in the social sciences / Erin AckermanĪre colleges worth the price of admission? / Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus "They say/I say" : the moves that matter in academic writing : with readings / Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst.
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