Sunday, October 31, 2010

After reading They Say I Say, there are a few things I will keep in mind while editing my paper. They Say I Say talked about the title of the book and how one should state their own ideas in response to others as an effective writing method. Making sure the argument and rebuttal are correlated is a huge piece of creating an effective work of writing. Another helpful tip was talked about in the art of summarizing section. The book tells readers to put yourself in someone else's shoes when your writing a summary so that you will be objective and not let your opinions cast a shadow on the summary. Following, it is important to blend your quotes into your writing so that they flow together. The reader should not be able to tell a distinct difference between your writing and the authors writing, the words should all flow together to create a combined effort of ideas all correlating to the main topic. Another thing I hope to apply to my writing fro the reading is that disagreeing is okay in a paper as long as you have reasons to back it up. The book provides different ways to disagree and then back up your argument with details and reasons why you came to the conclusion that you did.

1 comment:

  1. I thinky you have a good idea about how you want to incorporate the book we're reading with your essay. You picked out some good points!

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