They Say, I Say! Annotation for Introduction

Introduction

Summary:
 The idea of this book is to become better writers and thinkers. Before becoming an academic writer, the first thing to do is knowing the basic moves. Once we understand and become an expert in writing styles, we will not have a lot of difficulties. The meaning of "They Say... I Say" is that when I(the writer) states the statement, They(the viewer or reader) response based on the statement back to writers. Everyone has different opinions, but when you write the essay, you need to persuade the reader about what you believe. And the reader should respond either agree or disagree and why. Then, the writers gather all the responses and putting into words. By using the example/templates that shown in the book make a better writer and more creative. However, some students do not think that it is creative, believed that making their own will be even better.

Quotes:

"For this reason, one of the main pieces of advice in this book is to write the voices of others into your text"p(3)

This quote means that the writers is rewording the reader's opinion into a text.

"It follows, then, as the figure on the next suggests, that your own argument-the thesis or "I say" moment of your text- should always be a response to the arguments of others." p(4)

This quote means that thesis statement should always be the response of the reader. So that reader can response with either agree or disagree. If not, it does not make sense.

"In other words, the templates offered here are learning tools to get you started, not structures set in stone." p(11)

This quote means that the templates are just a phrase and we can write or fill in the blanks creatively and we can change the styles of the templates however we want. The templates are the tools for practice. We do not have to follow the patterns every single time.

Question:

-How does the templates make more creative in writing?