“They Say/I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing In the introduction to “They Say/ I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing‚ Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates throughout the first six chapters in the book. The writers specifically designed these templates to make it easier on the write on how to write a professional and well written paper. It structures and expresses your own writing in words you couldn’t think to express. A unique feature is the way they
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to the article‚ in (Nadell‚ Langan‚ & Comodromos‚ 2011)‚ “Talk about Editing”‚ by‚ David Shipley‚ pg. 292-294‚ talks about Op-Ed essays that are edited. I like the fact‚ that once it is edited it will not be published unless‚ it is approved by the writer. One way to respond to an author’s work when editing‚ is letting them know that a certain area of the essay not sounding right or is confusing. I agree that it is a good idea to have the writers work edited before it is sent out‚ because you
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Antigone breaks the law in order to stand up for what is right; she believes that the laws of the gods are higher than human gods. While Creon‚ on the other hand‚ insists that everyone must obey the law. He believes that no one is above the law. Creon says‚ “Pride? . . . This girl is guilty of . . . breaking the given laws and boasting of it” (762). Although Medea wasn’t persecuted as Antigone was‚ she also faces an external conflict. Jason left Medea for the daughter of King Creon. Medea wanted to
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Meghan McEwan The film 500 Days of Summer we see a developing relationship between the two main characters Tom and Summer. Some might deny that this is a love story because it doesn’t have your typical happy ending‚ but none the less it is a love story with a lot to say about relationships and the types of love that are evolved during it. This relationship starts out illustrating how both of the characters view life and love. Tom is described as a hopeless romantic in the beginning of the film
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Scouting has been a huge part of my ever since I was very little. I joined cub scouts when I was in the first grade and went all the way up through cub scouts and then crossed over into boy scouts when I was old enough. The Boy Scout program was completely different than Cub Scouts to me. Cub Scouts is adult lead because the kids are not old enough to do things on their own but one of the main purposes of Boy Scouting is to install the ideas of leadership in the youth so Boy Scouts is “boy lead”
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"They say‚ I say" Response In the small excerpt of They say‚ I say Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein both explain a very intelligent and easy way of communicating to others. Through their process‚ one may transfer ideas and opinions in a interesting and simple manner. Both authors mainly focus on the aspect of writing‚ however‚ their methods can certainly be used through speech and in any ordinary conversation. This process is used for argumentative writing in which you would agree or disagree
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himself against you. The hour grows late‚ you must depart. And you do depart‚ with the discussion still vigorously in progress. - Kenneth Burke Notes on They Say / I Say The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing By Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein The central claim of the authors It is our belief that the they say / I say pattern cuts across different disciplines and genres of writing‚ including creative writing. Although students must eventually master the specific writing conventions
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Terrorism: The word says it all and the world witnesses “He did not want to go to school‚ I forced him to. I am the murderer”‚ were the words a mother was repeatedly trying to say in a complete sentence‚ while left bewildered on the death news of her 17-year old only boy‚ in Peshawar. That family does not understand what diplomatic relationships between Pakistan and other countries can benefit them with‚ all it knows is that the feud between their army and a terrorist group in the country made them
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Period 3 15 November‚ 2014 Paul Revere’s True Midnight Ride On the evening of April 18‚ 1775‚ Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington‚ Massachusetts‚ to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. By now‚ most of the Massachusetts Patriot leaders had taken refuge in outlying communities‚ fearing arrest by British officials. Paul Revere‚ a trusted messenger‚
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Luis Hernandez English 3A Period 5 9/28/12 When someone describes their selves they usually say a ton of words that best fit them. Although many words help describe a person sometimes just one word is enough. The word that would best describe me I think would be pursuer. One thing that makes me a pursuer is my family‚ they raised me to never give up on my dreams and I want to do achieve my goals to give back to them. Along with that another reason is I am a pursuer because I try hard for
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