"They Say / I Say"

The book that demystifies academic writing, teaching students to frame their arguments in the larger context of what else has been said about their topic–and providing templates to help them make the key rhetorical moves. The best-selling new composition book published in this century, in use at more than 1,000 schools, They Say / I Say has essentially defined academic writi...

The book that demystifies academic writing, teaching students to frame their arguments in the larger context of what else has been said about their topic–and providing templates to help them make the key rhetorical moves. The best-selling new composition book published in this century, in use at more than 1,000 schools, They Say / I Say has essentially defined academic writing, identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said (“they say”) to set up one’s own argument (“I say”). The book also provides templates to help students make these key moves in their own writing.

The Second Edition includes a new chapter on reading that shows students how to read for the larger conversation and two new chapters on the moves that matter in the sciences and social sciences. line drawings

杰拉尔德·格拉夫（Gerald Graff）

曾任美国现代语言协会主席，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校英语教授与教育学教授，常年从事本科和研究生的写作教学工作。出版过多部对教师影响巨大的书籍，包括《从制度视角看文学史》《超越文化战争：直面冲突，复兴美国教育》《学术迷途：僵化教育对智识生活的桎梏》。

凯茜· 比肯施泰因（Cathy Birkenstein）

伊利诺伊大学讲师，发表过多篇关于写作的论文，曾与格拉夫合著多篇文章发表于《高等教育年鉴》《大学写作与沟通》等期刊。她与格拉夫在多所高中、本科院校和学术会议中举行过百余次有关写作指导的讲座。