Makala Moore

Writing Into Day

10/20/2015
They Say, I Say Chapters 1 & 2
The first chapter deals with writers starting with what others are
saying. There is an example provided of Dr.X referring to other peoples
passages during his presentation. It goes on to say that when entering
a conversation we must start with what the other person Is saying then
introduce your own ideas. The book provides templates which I feel are
helpful focusing on: Standard views, introducing what they say, making
what they say into what you say, introducing something applied or
assumed, introducing ongoing debate as well as several others. The
chapter closes by placing additional emphasis on keeping what they
say and others point of view in mind.
Chapter 2 focuses more on summarizing others articles and
making them relevant to others thoughts. A tip for doing this to
balance what the original author is saying with the writers own focus.
TSIS recommends writers to be successful in doing so by putting
yourself in the other persons shoes and knowing your goal for what
you are writing. This chapter also mentions the importance of
summarizing satirically or putting your own spin to the original work.