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

Table Of Contents:
Preface vii
Preface to ``They Say / I Say'' xi
Introduction 1(14)
Entering the Conversation

``They Say'' 15(34)

``They Say'' 17(11)

Starting with What Others Are Saying

``Her Point Is'' 28(11)

The Art of Summarizing

``As He Himself Puts It'' 39(10)

The Art of Quoting

``I Say'' 49(50)

``Yes / No / Okay, But'' 51(13)

Three Ways to Respond

``And Yet'' 64(10)

Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say

``Skeptics May Object'' 74(14)

Planting a Naysayer in Your Text

``So What? Who Cares?'' 88(11)

Saying Why It Matters

Tying It All Together 99(34)

``As a Result'' 101(14)

Connecting the Parts

``Ain't so / Is Not'' 115(8)

Academic Writing Doesn't Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice

``In Other Words'' 123(10)

The Art of Metacommentary

Entering the Conversation 133(16)

Entering Class Discussions 135(3)

Reading for the Conversation 138(11)

Readings 149(333)

Is Fast Food the New Tobacco? 151(60)

Don't Blame the Eater 153(4)

David Zinczenko

What You Eat Is Your Business 157(5)

Radley Balko

Lawsuits Against Fast-Food Restaurants Are an Effective Way to Combat Obesity 162(10)

John H. Banzhaf III

Obesity: Much of the Responsibility Lies with Corporations 172(10)

Yves Engler

Your Trusted Friends 182(18)

Eric Schlosser

Fat as a Feminist Issue 200(6)

Susie Orbach

Being Fat Is Ok 206(5)

Paul Campos

Are 24, Family Guy, and Grand Theft Auto Actually Good for You? 211(94)

Watching TV Makes You Smarter 213(18)

Steven Johnson

Thinking Outside the Idiot Box 231(5)

Dana Stevens

What's the Matter with Kids Today? 236(5)

Amy Goldwasser

Bart Simpson: Prince of Irreverence 241(16)

Douglas Rushkoff

Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious 257(13)

Antonia Peacocke

Can You Hear Me Now? 270(12)

Sherry Turkle

The I.M.s of Romeo and Juliet 282(2)

Roz Chast

Me Against the Media: From the Trenches of a Media Lit Class 284(9)

Naomi Rockler-Gladen

Reality Television: Oxymoron 293(4)

George F. Will

Hidden Intellectualism 297(8)

Gerald Graff

Is Economic Mobility Just a Dream? 305(87)

The Growing Gulf Between the Rich and the Rest of Us 308(4)

Holly Sklar

The Truth About Wages 312(4)

Bruce Bartlett

Inequality and the American Dream 316(6)

Confronting Inequality 322(20)

Paul Krugman

Up Against Wal-Mart 342(14)

Karen Olsson

Progressive Wal-Mart. Really 356(4)

Sebastian Mallaby

A More Perfect Union 360(18)

Barack Obama

The Growing College Gap 378(14)

Tamara Draut

Is America Over? 392(90)

A Fire in the Basement 394(10)

Bob Herbert

The Decline and Fall of Declinism 404(6)

Alan W. Dowd

The Last Superpower 410(11)

Fareed Zakaria

The World Is Flat 421(21)

Thomas L. Friedman

The Meaning of 9/11 442(17)

Morris Berman

Kidnapped in Pakistan: The End of American Ideals? 459(4)

Hady Amr

Are We Losing Our Edge? 463(15)

Michael D. Lemonick

Perfecting the Union 478(4)

Roger Cohen
Permissions Acknowledgments 482(3)
Acknowledgments 485(6)
Index of Templates 491(14)
Index of Authors and Titles 505