They Say I Say Summary Response

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John Vincent Saulan California State University Northridge Professor Florian English 114B 7 March 2014 Summary Response for They Say, I Say My readings of chapters four through seven of They Say, I Say have provided very helpful insights on properly introducing secondary sources, as well as clearly indicating my views while being acknowledgeable of any opposing ideas and acquiring the ability to support my argument. The topic of my first draft is to connect the ideas of a utopian society from the novel of Sir Thomas More, Utopia, to the ideologies of Nazi Germany. The writing strategies presented in these four chapters include very descriptive explanations and examples that I could certainly benefit from with writing my first draft. The fourth chapter titled, Yes / No / Okay, But Three Ways to Respond, was a transition from the first three chapters of explaining the they say stage, where the writer visualizes the opposing side of the argument to the I say stage, in which the writer responds to the argument. The writer must acknowledge both sides of the argument and provide a valid answer to support their response. The chapter indicates three ways of responding to an argument: disagreeing and explain why, agreeing but with a difference, or agreeing and disagreeing simultaneously. These three methods can simplify a persons response and get straight to the point with their stance on the subject. The writer must first indicate their stance against or for the topic and strongly support their explanation. This chapter introduced me to various ways in which I could respond to an opposing view with a strong and clear explanation. I could be prompted with a question or statement that I
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might have mixed opinions on. So I could either agree on the first part of the argument while disagree with the other. By bluntly stating my stance, then the reader can easily relate to any of my further responses. The chapter also includes helpful templates and examples of agreeing, disagreeing or simultaneously agreeing or disagreeing to an argument that I could certainly implement on my first draft since my topic on comparing Sir Thomas Mores Utopia to the ideals of the Nazis contain distinct similarities and dissimilarities. The fifth chapter titled, And Yet Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say, provides valuable insights on distinguishing different ideas from the writer and an opposing persons argument. Readers should not be confused on whose perspectives they are reading belong to since it becomes difficult to recognize which view the writer opposes to. The proper way of implementing the stages of They Say, I Say on replying to argument is to include an opposing view with an, Although or However, and then state your own perspective or opinion. I found this chapter well informative and brings new insight on improving counterarguments in my writing. These voice markers as they are called in the chapter, could surely be implemented with the opposing arguments in my first draft. It certainly gives me the ability to oppose an argument with stronger supporting responses that tells the reader that I am confident with my ideas, without confusing them at the same time. The sixth chapter titled, Skeptics May Object Planting a Naysayer in Your Text, discusses the importance of including counterarguments in a persons writing so that they will be credible on supporting their arguments from readers who object their ideas. This chapter emphasizes that any writer must and should anticipate any objections, and provides it with creative examples of combatting any skeptics. One example is indicating an opposing view to a
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nameless skeptic and explain why he or she might disagree with it. Another example is applying your opposition with a specific label that identifies who they are. These examples, especially the second one, could provide a direct connection to the reader about who or what you oppose. This chapter certainly provides an important aspect of writing a persuasive argument or a comparison of two ideas. It can definitely determine my credibility as an informative and knowledgeable writer. It gives me a great importance of constantly revising my papers as I could overlook weak statements without any opposing ideas and could lead to a misinterpretation of my arguments. I have struggled on creating strong counterarguments in the past but this chapter has surely provided helpful insights that I could use to develop a keenness on including objections and answering them in my writing. The seventh and final chapter of my readings titled, So What? Who Cares? Saying Why It Matters, gives an importance on providing facts or statements with valuable reasons on why it is relevant or significant to a persons paper. If a writer just gives a straightforward fact or opinion without including a reason why it is important, then it would certainly leave the readers questioning the credibility of the writer. This chapter, again, provides valuable templates for indicating the who cares? and so what? questions to the reader. The writer must address a statement by specifying their claims to a particular view, person or group that answers any who cares? questions. To address any relevance for a so what? question, the writer must include a connection to his or her argument to a broader concept that any reader could relate to. I have certainly faced many who cares? and so what? questions in regards to my opinions and arguments in my writing, and this chapter definitely solved any problems that I had with regards to making my claims matter. I have gained the ability to recognize that the topics that I am arguing about should include valuable reasons on why it is important. For my first
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draft, I first need to establish a strong foundation for my arguments and then provide explanations of its importance to keep the reader and as well as the skeptic interested.

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