"They Say / I Say"

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