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They Say / I Say by Gerald Graff is to me, a stellar book. I've not heard a single critique of it yet among those I know who have read it.
The points are strong and well put, the excercises and templates encourage you to create your own ideas, opinions and methods. You might think that using a template system would limit your artistic gain, but it does the opposite, seeing one template is like seeing just the meanings of those words, ready to be replaced by different words and rearanges, each template can, once read, be looked at in many ways and shaped by you. The templates stick with you and provide knowlage long after you have forgotten the exact wording.
A wise book
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They Say/I Say: A Brief Guide to Argumentative Writing by Gerald Birke Graff
wizzoh, September 6, 2006
They Say / I Say by Gerald Graff is to me, a stellar book. I've not heard a single critique of it yet among those I know who have read it.The points are strong and well put, the excercises and templates encourage you to create your own ideas, opinions and methods. You might think that using a template system would limit your artistic gain, but it does the opposite, seeing one template is like seeing just the meanings of those words, ready to be replaced by different words and rearanges, each template can, once read, be looked at in many ways and shaped by you. The templates stick with you and provide knowlage long after you have forgotten the exact wording.
A wise book
(3 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)