In the first chapter of They Say, I Say: Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, the authors explain that to make the writer’s thesis more understandable, it is necessary for a writer to provide views about their point. The authors state that in order “to keep an audience engaged, a writer needs to explain what he or she is responding to… early in the discussion” (20). Graff and Birkenstein provide templates to introduce other views in ways such as as: opening with an anecdote, presenting views as the writer’s own, and opening with a debate. The authors end the chapter by explaining “return sentences”, which can be used to maintain a text’s purpose and remind readers of the ideas that are being responded to.
In the second chapter of They Say, I Say: Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, the authors discuss the art of summarizing. In order to effectively summarize, the writer must balance what “the original author is saying with the writer’s own focus” (31). Writers often make mistakes by not summarizing the argument or doing nothing but summarizing, which takes away from the writer’s own interests. By suspending your own beliefs and temporarily adopting the views being discussed, you
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Lennie drinks from the river and George yells, “don’t drink so much… you gonna be sick like you was last night”(228). George complains about the bus driver that dropped them off far away from the ranch that they are going to work at. To prepare for supper, George orders Lennie to fetch some firewood. Lennie brings back a dead mouse that George had previously taken away from Lennie, causing George to rant about how his life would be so much better if he didn’t need to look after Lennie. Feeling ashamed for losing his temper, George apologizes to Lennie and begins to tell the story of their future plans