The little book that demystifies academic writing, reading, and research.
Used and loved by millions of students for its lively and practical advice, this is the book that demystifies academic writing and shows how to engage with the views of others. Extensively revised in response to feedback from our community of adopters, this edition of “They Say / I Say” is an even more pr...
The little book that demystifies academic writing, reading, and research.
Used and loved by millions of students for its lively and practical advice, this is the book that demystifies academic writing and shows how to engage with the views of others. Extensively revised in response to feedback from our community of adopters, this edition of “They Say / I Say” is an even more practical companion for students, featuring a new chapter on research, new exercises, expanded support for reading, and an expanded chapter on Revising.
作者简介
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Gerald Graff, Emeritus Professor of English and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and 2008 President of the Modern Language Association of America, has had a major impact on teachers through such books as Professing Literature: An Institutional History, Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education, and Clueless in Academ...
Gerald Graff, Emeritus Professor of English and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and 2008 President of the Modern Language Association of America, has had a major impact on teachers through such books as Professing Literature: An Institutional History, Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education, and Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind.
Cathy Birkenstein is a lecturer in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has published essays on writing in College English, and, with Gerald Graff in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe, and College Composition and Communication.
目录
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Preface: Demystifying Academic Conversation
Introduction: Entering the Conversation
Part 1. “THEY SAY”
1. “They Say”: Starting with What Others Are Saying
2. “Her Point Is”: The Art of Summarizing
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Preface: Demystifying Academic Conversation
Introduction: Entering the Conversation
Part 1. “THEY SAY”
1. “They Say”: Starting with What Others Are Saying
2. “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. “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. “You Mean I Can Just Say It That Way?” Academic Writing Doesn’t Always Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice
10. “But Don't Get Me Wrong”: The Art of Metacommentary
11. “As Some Claim Contend”: Revising Substantially
Part 4. IN SPECIFIC ACADEMIC CONTEXTS
12. “I Take Your Point”: Entering Class Discussions
13. Don’t Make Me Scroll Up: Entering Online Discussions
14. What’s Motivating This Writer? Reading for the Conversation
*15. "But as Several Sources Suggest": Research as Conversation
16. “On Closer Examination”: Writing about Literature
17. “The Data Suggest”: Writing in the Sciences
18. “Analyze This”: Writing in the Social Sciences
READINGS
Gerald Graff, "Hidden Intellectualism"
Michelle Alexander, "The New Jim Crow"
*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”
Index of Templates
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Though the immediate goal of this book is to help you become a better writer, at a deeper level it invites you to become a certain type of person: a critical, intellectual thinker who, instead of sitting passively on the sidelines, can participate in the debates and conversations of your world in an active and empowered way. (查看原文)
I remember the day I became colored
In order to grasp Hurston’s point here, we need to be able to reconstruct the implicit view she is responding to and questioning: that racial identity is an innate quality we are simply born with. On the contrary, Hurston suggests, our race is imposed on us by society—something we “become” by virtue of how we are treated.
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They Say,I Say Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein 说是书,但其实更像一本实用的手册。自己在阅读的时候更处于放松的状态,就抄写了许多书中的templates,但实际上学术写作中建立可以表示自己response方式的语词库,特别是写作英文论文的时候应该会很有用。 因为最近一段时...
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1 有用 栉海 2024-09-30 12:23:20 美国
半天刷完,简介,有力,有趣,不如中式英语那部的polish需求门槛高,附录待以后详读。录入了Chat prompt的部分蛮有价值,虽没超出所料,也刚好能用上。接下来一连串工坊研究都可以系统性了解和打磨项目。公司每一分多给的工资还都不是白给的,这个性价比,乐。
0 有用 de huma 2023-09-26 22:00:07 日本
比较适合本科一年级