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

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the moves that matter in academic writing : with readings

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Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst

Instantiates

• "They say/I say" : the moves that matter in academic writing : with readings

Publication

• New York, W.W. Norton & Co., ©2012

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• "Her point is": The art of summarizing
• 3:
• "As he himself puts it": The art of quoting
• Part 2:
• "I Say"
• 4:
• "Yes / no / okay, but": Three ways to respond
• 5:
• "And yet": Distinguishing what you say from what they say
• 6:
• Preface
• "Skeptics may object": Planting a naysayer in your text
• 7:
• "So what? Who cares?": Saying why it matters
• Part 3:
• Tying It All Together:
• 8:
• "As a result": Connecting the parts
• 9:
• "Ain't so/Is not": Academic writing doesn't always mean setting aside your own voice
• 10:
• Preface to "They Say/I Say"
• "But don't get me wrong": The art of metacommentary
• Part 4:
• Entering the Conversation:
• 11:
• "I take your point": Entering class discussions
• 12:
• "What's motivating this writer?": Reading for the conversation
• 13:
• "Analyze this": Writing in the social sciences
• Erin Ackerman
• Introduction: Entering the conversation
• Readings:
• 14:
• Is higher education worth the price?
• Are colleges worth the price of admission?
• Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus
• The new liberal arts
• Sanford J. Ungar
• Kenyon commencement speech
• David Foster Wallace
• Two years are better than four
• Part 1:
• Liz Addison
• Why do you think they're called for-profit colleges?
• Kevin Carey
• Are too many people going to college?
• Charles Murray
• Blue-collar brilliance
• Mike Rose
• A lifetime of student debt? Not likely
• Robin Wilson
• "They Say":
• 1:
• "They say": Starting with what others are saying
• 2:
• Small change: why the revolution will not be tweeted
• Malcolm Gladwell
• Reforming Egypt in 140 characters?
• Dennis Baron
• 2b or not 2b?
• David Crystal
• The I.M.s of Romeo and Juliet
• Roz Chast
• Extra lives: Why video games matter
• Tom Bissell
• 15:
• The good, the bad, and the Daily show
• Jason Zinser
• Hidden intellectualism
• Gerald Graff
• 16:
• Is fast food the new tobacco?
• Don't blame the eater
• David Zincenko
• What you eat is your business
• Radley Balko
• Is pop culture actually good for you?
• Junking junk food
• Judith Warner
• Kentucky town of Manchester illustrates national obesity crisis
• Wil Haygood
• Remarks to the NAACP
• Michelle Obama
• Escape from the western diet
• Michael Pollan
• Food as thought: Resisting the moralization of eating
• Mary Maxfield
• Watching TV makes you smarter
• Fat is a feminist issue
• Susie Orbach
• Having it his way: the construction of masculinity in fast-food TV advertising
• Carrie Packwood Freeman and Debra Merskin
• 17:
• Why does it matter who wins the big game?
• Champion of the world
• Maya Angelou
• Why sports matter
• Wilfrid Sheed
• Steven Johnson
• Women who hit very hard and how they've changed tennis
• Michael Kimmelman
• In defense of cheering
• Jennie Yabroff
• How I learned to love football
• Felisa Rogers
• Move over boys, make room in the crease
• Sara Maratta
• We, the public, place the best athletes on pedestals
• William Moller
• Thinking outside the idiot box
• Cheating and CHEATING
• Joe Posnanski
• 18:
• What's up with the American dream?
• Hiding from reality
• Bob Herbert
• Is the American dream over?
• Cal Thomas
• The American dream: dead, alive, or on hold?
• Brandon King
• Dana Stevens
• Income inequality: too big to ignore
• Robert H. Frank
• Confronting inequality
• Paul Krugman
• Up against Wal-Mart
• Karen Olsson
• Progressive Wal-Mart. Really
• Sebastian Mallaby
• Predatory lending and the devouring of the American dream
• Constance M. Ruzich and A.J. Grant
• Family Guy and Freud
• A more perfect union
• Barack Obama
• Permissions, acknowledgments
• Acknowledgments
• Index of templates
• Index of authors and titles
• Antonia Peacocke

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ocn754105743

Dimensions

19 cm

Edition

2nd ed.

Extent

xxix, 701 pages

Isbn

9780393912753

Lccn

2011039045

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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illustrations

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u277094

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• (Sirsi) o754105743
• (OCoLC)754105743