Intro exercise 2:

In the introduction to They Say I Say: The Moves That Matter Most in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein talk about templates that writewrs use to to coney their message. However this is not copying or plagiarizing beause the authors put in the individual ideas that they are specifically talking about. Basically they view there templates as effective ways to express the wuthors ideas, aand orgnanize their writing.

I happen to agree with the authors. With the types of templates offered the author can adequately mention opposing side of their topics, in hopes of expressing their own ideas better. Some might object, on the grounds of plagiarism however we should as Burke states, with in this template put our “oar” into the conversation. Overall I feel that creatively is not lost due to this process.

Chapter 1:

I feel that you main point is that you have to expose the other “side” to the topic you are talking about. There has to a reason for this person to even talk about the topic, like something to “react to”.

Direct quotes:

-“That is the they say, does not have to belong to others”- when talking about the author referring back to her daughter.

-“starting with a preposition many people agree with” 3

-“Conventional way of talking about a topic” – it has been so widely popular; quick and efficient

Question:” I am assuming that you pick which opening would be the most effective in your own personal speech.