"They say / I say": the moves that matter in academic writing with readings
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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021].
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Fifth edition.
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xxxi, 784 pages ; illustrations : 19 cm
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"This book demystifies academic writing and shows how to engage with the views of others. Extensively revised in response to feedback from our community of adopters, this edition of They Say / I Say is an even more practical companion for students, featuring a new chapter on Researching Conversations, new exercises, expanded support for reading, and an expanded chapter on Revising. By focusing on the rhetorical moves found in all disciplines, They Say helps students master the ins and outs of argumentative writing in accessible language and with examples students can apply throughout their college career. The version with readings includes 5 chapters of essays organized by theme that exemplify good argument writing"--
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9780393427509, 0393427501
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99991552545
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Registration code (access code) card bound in the beginning page.
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Fourth edition: 2018.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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"This book demystifies academic writing and shows how to engage with the views of others. Extensively revised in response to feedback from our community of adopters, this edition of They Say / I Say is an even more practical companion for students, featuring a new chapter on Researching Conversations, new exercises, expanded support for reading, and an expanded chapter on Revising. By focusing on the rhetorical moves found in all disciplines, They Say helps students master the ins and outs of argumentative writing in accessible language and with examples students can apply throughout their college career. The version with readings includes 5 chapters of essays organized by theme that exemplify good argument writing"--,Provided by publisher.
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Graff, G., Birkenstein, C., Durst, R. K., & Davies, L. J. P. (2021). "They say / I say": the moves that matter in academic writing with readings. Fifth edition. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gerald, Graff et al.. 2021. "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing With Readings. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gerald, Graff et al., "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing With Readings. W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Graff, Gerald,, et al. "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing With Readings. Fifth edition. W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Preface to the fifth edition -- |g Preface : |t Demystifying academic conversation -- |g Introduction : |t Entering the conversation -- |g pt. 1. |t "They say". "They say": starting with what others are saying -- |t "Her point is" : the art of summarizing -- |t "As he himself puts it" : the art of quoting -- |g pt. 2. |t "I say". "Yes / no / OK, but" : three ways to respond -- |t "And yet" : distinguishing what you say from what they say -- |t "Skeptics may object" : planting a naysayer in your text -- |t "So what? Who cares?" : saying why it matters -- |g pt. 3. |t Tying it all together. "As a result" : connecting the parts -- |t "You mean I can just say it that way?" : academic writing doesn't mean setting aside your own voice -- |t "But don't get me wrong" : the art of metacommentary -- |t "What I really want to say is" : revising substantially -- |g ; pt. 4. |t In specific academic contexts. "I take your point" : entering class discussions -- |t Don't make them scroll up : entering online conversations -- |t What's motivating this writer? Reading for the conversation -- |t "But as several sources suggest" : research as conversation -- |t "On closer examination" : entering conversations about literature -- |t "The data suggest" : writing in the sciences -- |t "Analyze this" : writing in the social sciences -- Readings. Why care about the planet? "We are the wildfire" : how to fight the climate crisis / |r Naomi Klein -- |t It's time for conservatives to own the climate-change issue / |r Dan Crenshaw -- |t Should we be more optimistic about fighting climate change? / |r Alice Chen and Vivek Murthy -- |t Banning plastic bags is great for the world, right? Not so fast / |r Ben Adler -- |t Choking the oceans with plastic / |r Charles J. Moore -- |t Mauna Kea : the fight to preserve culture / |r Sandis Edward Waialae Wightman -- |t Elevated blood lead levels in children associated with the Flint drinking water crisis / |r Mona Hanna-Attisha, et al. -- |t Delivering fresh water : critical infrastructure, environmental justice, and Flint, Michigan / |r Michael R. Greenberg -- |t How can we bridge the differences that divide us? The "other side" is not dumb / |r Sean Blanda -- |t Why America is self-segregating / |r Danah Boyd -- |t All words matter : the manipulation behind "All Lives Matter" / |r Kelly Coryell -- |t The new Jim Crow / |r Michelle Alexander -- |t Could Black English mean a prison sentence? / |r John McWhorter -- |t Hillbilly elegy / |r J. D. Vance -- |t What hillbilly elegy reveals about race in Twenty-First-Century America / |r Lisa R. Pruitt -- |t Jobs, crime, and culture : the threats that aren't / |r Suketu Mehta -- |t How much immigration is too much? The wrong debate / |r David Frum -- |t What's college for? Should everyone go to college? / |r Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill -- |t Are too many people going to college? / |r Charles Murray -- |t Two years are better than four / |r Liz Addison -- |t Why we need to keep the "community" in community college / |r Anna Clark -- |t Minority student clubs : segregation or integration? / |r Gabriela Moro -- |t Hidden intellectualism / |r Gerald Graff -- |t Generation stress : the mental health crisis on campus / |r Sylvia Mathews Burwell -- |t The student loan trap : when debt delays life / |r Charles Fain Lehman -- |t How is technology changing us? Go ahead : waste time on the internet / |r Kenneth Goldsmith -- |t Has coronavirus made the internet better? / |r Jenna Wortham -- |t It turns out our tech gadgets aren't as isolating as experts say / |r Nicholas Brody -- |t How smartphones hijack our minds / |r Nicholas Carr -- |t Social media : the screen, the brain, and human nature / |r Justin Vinh -- |t Stop Googling. Let's talk. / |r Sherry Turkle -- |t Google, democracy, and the truth about internet search / |r Carole Cadwalladr -- |t Are we really as awful as we act online? / |r Agustín Fuentes -- |t What's gender got to do with it? From he to she in first grade / |r Laurie Frankel -- |t It's time for "they" / |r Farhad Manjoo -- |t Liberals' astonishingly radical shift on gender / |r Damon Linker -- |t Why women still can't have it all / |r Anne-Marie Slaughter -- |t Why men still can't have it all / |r Richard Dorment -- |t The coronavirus is a disaster for feminism / |r Helen Lewis -- |t An end to sexism in gaming communities / |r Sanjana Ramanathan -- |t Why we need Title IX now more than ever / |r Monica Wright. |
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