Summary Of They Say I Say By Richard A Muller

Richard A. Muller’s “Nuclear Waste” addresses the problem of the storing of nuclear waste in the Yucca Mountain that costs billions of dollars that future presidents will have to deal with. He explains that the government will not be able to keep it underground for 10,000 years as the future is constantly changing, and that there could be a possible leakage due to the earthquakes that happen around the mountain (Muller 207). In “They say/I say” by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, they put together the important moves in writing that is most effective towards the reader. While reading "Nuclear Waste," it's easily seen that Muller uses some of these moves that are talked about in the "They say/I say" book that produces an effective article.

In chapter 6 of "They say/I Say," planting a naysayer keeps the paper going and shows that there are other views too. Simply put, a writer disarms his/her critics when a naysayer is used because the writer injects of what could and have been sad about the topic (Graff and Brikenstein 79). For example, Muller places a naysayer by writing, "Can we really plan 10,000 years into the future? Of course we can't. We have no idea what the world will be like then. There is no way we can claim that we will be able to store nuclear waste for 10,000 years" (Muller 210). Not only was he able to address objections, he was also able to guide his

In chapter 4 of "They Say/I Say," a person can respond in three ways: agree, disagree, or both. By clearly stating your opinion, the audience can get a full grasp of your side of the argument (Graff and Birkenstein 57). Muller does at great job at stating his opinion by disagreeing when he argues, "They believe that the discovery of a new fault will rule Yucca Mountain out. The issue, though, should not be whether there will be any earthquakes in the next 10,000 years, but whether after 300 years there will be a 1% chance of a sufficiently large earthquake that 100% of the waste will escape its glass capsules and reach groundwater" (Muller 211). Being able to use this move is a main part to the