They Say / I Say, 6/e
They Say / I Say, 6/e
The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
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Go to cartISBN: 9781324070030
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2024
Pages: 448
Size: 5.25 x 7.5 Inch
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: Indian Subcontinent
Description:
The essential little book that students love for demystifying academic writing, reading, and research
Millions of students love “They Say / I Say” because it offers lively and practical advice they can use throughout their college career (and beyond). Now, students will learn how to use narrative to energize their “I Say,” navigate generative AI tools responsibly, and engage more deeply with their assigned readings in a dynamic new Norton Illumine Ebook— making the Sixth Edition an even more useful tool for students throughout their college experience.
Content:
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PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
PREFACE
Demystifying Academic Conversation
INTRODUCTION
Entering the Conversation
PART ONE: “THEY SAY”
1. “THEY SAY”: Starting with What Others Are Saying
2. “HER POINT IS”: The Art of Summarizing
3. “AS HE HIMSELF PUTS IT”: The Art of Quoting
PART TWO: “I SAY”
4. “YES / NO / OK, BUT”: Three Ways to Respond
5. “AND YET”: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say
6. “SKEPTICS MAY OBJECT”: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text
*7. “IN MY EXPERIENCE”: Using Personal Stories to Energize Your Argument
8. “SO WHAT? WHO CARES?”: Saying Why It Matters
PART THREE: TYING IT ALL TOGETHER
9. “AS A RESULT”: Connecting the Parts
10. “YOU MEAN I CAN JUST SAY IT THAT WAY?”: Academic Writing Doesn’t Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice
11. “BUT DON’T GET ME WRONG”: The Art of Metacommentary
12. “WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS”: Revising Substantially
PART FOUR: IN SPECIFIC ACADEMIC CONTEXTS
13. “I TAKE YOUR POINT”: Entering Class Discussions
14. WHAT’S MOTIVATING THIS WRITER?: Reading for the Conversation
15. “BUT AS SEVERAL SOURCES SUGGEST”: Research as Conversation
16. “ON CLOSER EXAMINATION”: Entering Conversations about Literature
17. “THE DATA SUGGEST”: Writing in the Sciences
18. “ANALYZE THIS”: Writing in the Social Sciences
*19. “HELP ME UNDERSTAND . . .”: When Your “They Say” Is a Bot
READINGS
Hidden Intellectualism
GERALD GRAFF
*Disability in Higher Education: Building Access and Building Futures
YAEL LENGA
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
MICHELLE ALEXANDER
All Words Matter: The Manipulation behind “All Lives Matter”
KELLY CORYELL
*Left Behind: Internet Access for People Behind Bars
JOE GARCIA
*Go Ahead, Waste Time on the Internet
KENNETH GOLDSMITH
“Rise of the Machines” Is Not a Likely Future
MICHAEL LITTMAN
SEE ALSO
Roe Butt, Cy Borg, Ann Droid: Hint, They’re Not Taking Your Job
JASON SMITH
CREDITS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
*APPENDIX: CITING WHAT “THEY SAY”
INDEX OF TEMPLATES
INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
About the Authors:
Gerald Graff, Emeritus Professor of English and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and 2008 President of the Modern Language Association of America, has had a major impact on teachers through such books as Professing Literature: An Institutional History, Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education, and Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind.
Cathy Birkenstein is a lecturer in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has published essays on writing in College English, and, with Gerald Graff in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe, and College Composition and Communication.
