They Say I Say The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

They Say / I Say, 4e [with Readings]......Page 2
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface to the Fourth Edition......Page 10
Preface: Demystifying Academic Conversation......Page 16
Introduction: Entering the Conversation......Page 28
1. “They Say”: Starting with What Others Are Saying......Page 47
2. “Her Point Is”: The Art of Summarizing......Page 59
3. “As He Himself Puts It”: The Art of Quoting......Page 72
4. “Yes / No / Okay, But”: Three Ways to Respond......Page 82
5. “And Yet”: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say......Page 98
6. “Skeptics May Object”: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text......Page 108
7. “So What? Who Cares?”: Saying Why It Matters......Page 123
8. “As A Result”: Connecting the Parts......Page 134
9. “You Mean I Can Just Say It That Way?”: Academic Writing Doesn’t Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice......Page 151
10. “But Don’t Get Me Wrong”: The Art of Metacommentary......Page 166
11. “He Says Contends”: Using the Templates to Revise......Page 177
12. “I Take Your Point”: Entering Class Discussions......Page 197
13. Don’t Make Them Scroll Up: Entering Online Conversations......Page 201
14. What’s Motivating This Writer?: Reading for the Conversation......Page 211
15. “Analyze This”: Writing in the Social Sciences......Page 223
16. How Can We Bridge The Differences That Divide Us?......Page 245
Sean Blanda, The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb......Page 248
Danah Boyd, Why America Is Self-Segregating......Page 256
Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow......Page 266
J. D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy......Page 290
Gabriela Moro, Minority Student Clubs: Segregation or Integration?......Page 310
Robert Leonard, Why Rural America Voted for Trump......Page 321
Joseph E. Stiglitz, A Tax System Stacked against the 99 Percent......Page 329
Barack Obama, Howard University Commencement Speech......Page 339
17. Is College the Best Option?......Page 360
Stephanie Owen And Isabel Sawhill, Should Everyone Go to College?......Page 362
Sanford J. Ungar, The New Liberal Arts......Page 381
Charles Murray, Are Too Many People Going to College......Page 389
Liz Addison, Two Years Are Better Than Four......Page 413
Gerald Graff, Hidden Intellectualism......Page 417
Mike Rose, Blue-Collar Brilliance......Page 426
Ben Casselman, Shut Up about Harvard......Page 440
Steve Kolowich, On the Front Lines of a New Culture War......Page 448
18. Are We In A Race Against The Machine?......Page 472
Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?......Page 475
Clive Thompson, Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better......Page 493
Michaela Cullington, Does Texting Affect Writing?......Page 516
Jenna Wortham, How I Learned to Love Snapchat......Page 528
Carole Cadwalladr, Google, Democracy, and the Truth about Internet Search......Page 534
Kenneth Goldsmith, Go Ahead: Waste Time on the Internet......Page 555
Sherry Turkle, No Need to Call......Page 560
Zeynep Tufekci, Does a Protest’s Size Matter?......Page 583
19. What’s Gender Got to Do with It?......Page 588
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Why Women Still Can’t Have It All......Page 590
Richard Dorment, Why Men Still Can’t Have It All......Page 614
Raynard Kington, I’m Gay and African American. As a Dad, I Still Have It Easier Than Working Moms.......Page 638
Laurie Frankel, From He to She in First Grade......Page 645
Andrew Reiner, Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest......Page 651
Stephen Mays, What about Gender Roles in Same-Sex Relationships?......Page 659
Kate Crawford, Artificial Intelligence’s White Guy Problem......Page 662
Nicholas Eberstadt, Men without Work......Page 668
20. What’s There To Eat?......Page 687
Michael Pollan, Escape from the Western Diet......Page 690
Olga Khazan, Why Don’t Convenience Stores Sell Better Food?......Page 699
Mary Maxfield, Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating......Page 708
David Zinczenko, Don’t Blame the Eater......Page 714
Radley Balko, What You Eat Is Your Business......Page 719
Michael Moss, The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food......Page 723
David H. Freedman, How Junk Food Can End Obesity......Page 751
Sara Goldrick-Rab, Katharine Broton, Emily Brunjes Colo, Expanding the National School Lunch Program to Higher Education......Page 787
Credits......Page 807
Acknowledgments......Page 814
Index of Templates......Page 829
Index of Authors and Titles......Page 852