"They Say / I Say"

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TITLE PAGE CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION PREFACE: Demystifying Academic Conversation INTRODUCTION: Entering the Conversation PART 1 “THEY SAY” ONE “THEY SAY”: Starting with What Others Are Saying TWO “HER POINT IS”: The Art of Summarizing THREE “AS HE HIMSELF PUTS IT”: The Art of Quoting PART 2 “I SAY” FOUR “YES / NO / OK, BUT”: Three Ways to Respond FIVE “AND YET”: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say SIX “SKEPTICS MAY OBJECT”: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text SEVEN “SO WHAT? WHO CARES”: Saying Why It Matters PART 3 TYING IT ALL TOGETHER EIGHT “AS A RESULT”: Connecting the Parts NINE “YOU MEAN I CAN JUST SAY IT THAT WAY?”: Academic Writing Doesn’t Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice TEN “BUT DON’T GET ME WRONG”: The Art of Metacommentary ELEVEN “WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS”: Revising Substantially PART 4 IN SPECIFIC ACADEMIC CONTEXTS TWELVE “I TAKE YOUR POINT”: Entering Class Discussions THIRTEEN DON’T MAKE THEM SCROLL UP: Entering Online Conversations FOURTEEN WHAT’S MOTIVATING THIS WRITER?: Reading for the Conversation David Zinczenko, Don’t Blame the Eater FIFTEEN “BUT AS SEVERAL SOURCES SUGGEST”: Research as Conversation SIXTEEN “ON CLOSER EXAMINATION”: Entering Conversations about Literature SEVENTEEN “THE DATA SUGGEST”: Writing in the Sciences EIGHTEEN “ANALYZE THIS”: Writing in the Social Sciences READINGS Gerald Graff, Hidden Intellectualism Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Kelly Coryell, All Words Matter: The Manipulation behind “All Lives Matter” Michael Littman, “Rise of the Machines” Is Not a Likely Future Gavin Reid, The Electoral College Embodies American Ideals CREDITS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX OF TEMPLATES ABOUT THE AUTHORS