Book
"They say
Edition
Fifth edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Physical Description
xxxi, 784 pages ; illustrations : 19 cm
Summary
"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"--
Notes
Fourth edition: 2018.
Contents
- Demystifying academic conversation
- Entering the conversation
- "They say". "They say": starting with what others are saying
- "Her point is" : the art of summarizing
- "As he himself puts it" : the art of quoting
- "I say". "Yes / no / OK, 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
- Tying it all together. "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
- "What I really want to say is" : revising substantially
- In specific academic contexts. "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
- "But as several sources suggest" : research as conversation
- "On closer examination" : entering conversations about literature
- "The data suggest" : writing in the sciences
- "Analyze this" : writing in the social sciences
- Readings. Why care about the planet? "We are the wildfire" : how to fight the climate crisis / It's time for conservatives to own the climate-change issue / Should we be more optimistic about fighting climate change? / Banning plastic bags is great for the world, right? Not so fast / Choking the oceans with plastic / Mauna Kea : the fight to preserve culture / Elevated blood lead levels in children associated with the Flint drinking water crisis / Delivering fresh water : critical infrastructure, environmental justice, and Flint, Michigan / How can we bridge the differences that divide us? The "other side" is not dumb / Why America is self-segregating / All words matter : the manipulation behind "All Lives Matter" / The new Jim Crow / Could Black English mean a prison sentence? / Hillbilly elegy / What hillbilly elegy reveals about race in Twenty-First-Century America / Jobs, crime, and culture : the threats that aren't / How much immigration is too much? The wrong debate / What's college for? Should everyone go to college? / Are too many people going to college? / Two years are better than four / Why we need to keep the "community" in community college / Minority student clubs : segregation or integration? / Hidden intellectualism / Generation stress : the mental health crisis on campus / The student loan trap : when debt delays life / How is technology changing us? Go ahead : waste time on the internet / Has coronavirus made the internet better? / It turns out our tech gadgets aren't as isolating as experts say / How smartphones hijack our minds / Social media : the screen, the brain, and human nature / Stop Googling. Let's talk. / Google, democracy, and the truth about internet search / Are we really as awful as we act online? / What's gender got to do with it? From he to she in first grade / It's time for "they" / Liberals' astonishingly radical shift on gender / Why women still can't have it all / Why men still can't have it all / The coronavirus is a disaster for feminism / An end to sexism in gaming communities / Why we need Title IX now more than ever