"They say / I say" : the Moves that Matter in Academic Writing

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Label

"They say / I say" : the Moves that Matter in Academic Writing

Title remainder

the Moves that Matter in Academic Writing

Statement of responsibility

Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Both of the University of Illinois at Chicago

Creator

• Graff, Gerald

Contributor

• Birkenstein, Cathy

Subject

• English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• trueReport writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre

• trueHandbooks, manuals, etc

Language

eng

Summary

The authors identify the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. Because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and writing about literature

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

808/.042

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PE1431

LC item number

.G73 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography