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

Preface -- Preface to "They Say/I Say" -- Introduction: Entering the conversation -- Part 1: "They Say": -- 1: "They say": Starting with what others are saying -- 2: "Her point is": 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: "Ain't so/Is not": Academic writing doesn't always mean setting aside your own voice -- 10: "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 -- 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 / 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 --

15: Is pop culture actually good for you?

Watching TV makes you smarter / Steven Johnson

Thinking outside the idiot box / Dana Stevens

Family Guy and Freud / Antonia Peacocke

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A more perfect union / Barack Obama

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