They Say I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing 6th Edition eBook pdf

is a popular guide demystifying academic writing by teaching students to frame their arguments within existing conversations, using templates to summarize others’ views (“They Say”) and present their own (“I Say”). The 6th edition adds a new chapter on connecting personal experiences (“In My Experience”) to broader discussions, enhances support for reading, and includes more practical exercises, making it an even stronger tool for developing critical thinking and argumentative writing skills throughout college.

Gerald Graff, Emeritus Professor of English and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and 2008 President of the Modern Language Association of America, has had a major impact on teachers through such books as Professing Literature: An Institutional History, Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education, and Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind.

Cathy Birkenstein is a lecturer in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has published essays on writing in College English, and, with Gerald Graff in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe, and College Composition and Communication.