PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION;
PREFACE;
Demystifying Academic Conversation;
INTRODUCTION;
Entering the Conversation;
PART ONE: “THEY SAY”:
1. “THEY SAY”: Starting with What Others Are Saying;
2. “HER POINT IS”: The Art of Summarizing;
3. “AS HE HIMSELF PUTS IT”: The Art of Quoting;
PART TWO: “I SAY”:
4. “YES / NO / OK, BUT”: Three Ways to Respond;
5. “AND YET”: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say;
6. “SKEPTICS MAY OBJECT”: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text;
*7. “IN MY EXPERIENCE”: Using Personal Stories to Energize Your Argument;
8. “SO WHAT? WHO CARES?”: Saying Why It Matters;
PART THREE: TYING IT ALL TOGETHER:
9. “AS A RESULT”: Connecting the Parts;
10. “YOU MEAN I CAN JUST SAY IT THAT WAY?”: Academic Writing Doesn’t Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice;
11. “BUT DON’T GET ME WRONG”: The Art of Metacommentary;
12. “WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS”: Revising Substantially ;
PART FOUR: IN SPECIFIC ACADEMIC CONTEXTS:
13. “I TAKE YOUR POINT”: Entering Class Discussions;
14. WHAT’S MOTIVATING THIS WRITER?: Reading for the Conversation;
15. “BUT AS SEVERAL SOURCES SUGGEST”: Research as Conversation;
16. “ON CLOSER EXAMINATION”: Entering Conversations about Literature;
17. “THE DATA SUGGEST”: Writing in the Sciences;
18. “ANALYZE THIS”: Writing in the Social Sciences;
*19. “HELP ME UNDERSTAND . . .”: When Your “They Say” Is a Bot;
READINGS;
Hidden Intellectualism;
GERALD GRAFF;
*Disability in Higher Education: Building Access and Building Futures;
YAEL LENGA;
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colour-blindness;
MICHELLE ALEXANDER;
All Words Matter: The Manipulation behind “All Lives Matter”;
KELLY CORYELL;
*Left Behind: Internet Access for People Behind Bars;
JOE GARCIA;
*Go Ahead, Waste Time on the Internet;
KENNETH GOLDSMITH;
“Rise of the Machines” Is Not a Likely Future;
MICHAEL LITTMAN;
SEE ALSO;
Roe Butt, Cy Borg, Ann Droid: Hint, They’re Not Taking Your Job;
JASON SMITH;
CREDITS;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
APPENDIX: CITING WHAT “THEY SAY”;
INDEX OF TEMPLATES;
INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES;
ABOUT THE AUTHORS .

"The essential little book that students love for demystifying academic writing, reading, and research Millions of students love "They Say / I Say" because it offers lively and practical advice they can use throughout their college career (and beyond). Now, students can learn how to connect their "I Say" to broader public conversations through a new chapter "In My Experience," and they will engage more deeply with their assigned readings thanks to new co-author Laura Davies's work on both a dynamic Norton Illumine Ebook and an energetic revision of the version with readings-making the Sixth Edition an even more useful tool for students throughout their college experience"-- Provided by publisher.