"They Say / I Say"

by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein

Overview

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 shows the key rhetorical moves in academic writing and explains how to engage with the views of others. With a new chapter on researching conversations, new exercises, expanded support for reading, and a substantially revised chapter on how to revise, this edition of “They Say / I Say” is an even more practical companion for students than ever before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393542271
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2021
Edition description:	Fifth High School Edition
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	149,559
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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.