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"They say/I say", the moves that matter in academic writing : with readings, Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst

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"They say/I say"

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994561962

Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst

the moves that matter in academic writing : with readings

"Teaches students the rhetorical moves found in persuasive writing across all disciplines"--Publisher's website

Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface: Demystifying academic conversation -- Introduction: Entering the conversation -- Part 1. "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 -- Part 2. "I say." "Yes/no/okay, 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 -- Part 3. 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 -- "He says [stricken out] contends": using the templates to revise -- Part 4. 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 -- "Analyze this": writing in the social sciences -- Readings. How can we bridge the differences that divide us?: The "other side" is not dumb / Sean Blanda ; Why America is self-segregating / Danah Boyd ; The new Jim Crow / Michelle Alexander ; Hillbilly elegy / J.D. Vance ; Minority student clubs: segregation or integration? / Gabriela Moro ; Why rural America voted for Trump / Robert Leonard ; A tax system stacked against the 99 percent / Joseph E. Stiglitz ; Howard University commencement speech / Barack Obama -- Is college the best option?: Should everyone go to college? / Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill ; The new liberal arts / Sanford J. Ungar ; Are too many people going to college? / Charles Murray ; Two years are better than four / Liz Addison ; Hidden intellectualism / Gerald Graff ; Blue-collar brilliance / Mike Rose ; Shut up about Harvard / Ben Casselman ; On the front lines of a new culture war / Steve Kolowich -- Are we in a race against the machine?: Is Google making us stupid? / Nicholas Carr ; Smarter than you think: how technology is changing our minds for the better / Clive Thompson ; Does texting affect writing? / Michaela Cullington ; How I learned to love Snapchat / Jenna Wortham ; Google, democracy, and the truth about Internet search / Carole Cadwalladr ; Go ahead: waste time on the Internet / Kenneth Goldsmith ; No need to call / Sherry Turkle ; Does a protest's size matter? / Zeynep Tufekci -- What's gender got to do with it?: Why women still can't have it all / Anne-Marie Slaughter ; Why men still can't have it all / Richard Dorment ; I'm gay and African American. As a dad, I still have it easier than working moms / Raynard Kington ; From he to she in first grade / Laurie Frankel ; Teaching men to be emotionally honest / Andrew Reiner ; What about gender roles in same-sex relationships? / Stephen Mays ; Artificial intelligence's white guy problem / Kate Crawford ; Men without work / Nicholas Eberstadt -- What's there to eat?: Escape from the Western diet / Michael Pollan ; Why don't convenience stores sell better food? / Olga Khazan ; Food as thought: resisting the moralization of eating / Mary Maxfield ; Don't blame the eater / David Zinczenko ; What you eat is your business / Radley Balko ; The extraordinary science of addictive junk food / Michael Moss ; How junk food can end obesity / David H. Freedman ; Expanding the National School Lunch Program to higher education / Sara Goldrick-Rab, Katharine Broton, Emily Brunjes Colo

"They say/I say", with readings