They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing: Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein


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Publication Date: December 22, 2009 ISBN-10: 039393361X ISBN-13 :978-0393933611 | Version: second edition
The context of this book to demystify academic writing, teaching students, their topic says what, and provides a template to help them make important rhetorical move to express their points.

A combination of the best-selling new book published in this century, used in more than 1,000 schools, they say / I say basically defined academic works, determine its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to sum up how people (“they say”) to set their own parameters (“I”). This book also provides a template to help students in their own writing in these critical initiatives.

The second edition includes a new chapter to read the students how to read a big move, both in the natural and social sciences, the dialogue and two new chapters.