“.. the importance not only of expressing your ideas (“I say”) but of presenting those ideas as a response to some other person or group (“they say”)”.. I like that the author is stressing for us to pay attention to others to make our own writing better. And support our arguments with others words. I completely agree with how Graff/Birkenstein mentions how we’re taught to write the traditional five paragraphs in high school and expected to get straight to the point immediately. Not really getting a chance to really argue the point. “To make an impact as a writer, you need to do more than make statements that are logical, well supported, and consistent. You must also find a way of entering a conversation with others’ views– with something “they say” (page 4). As a beginner in this writing process I find this be very helpful. I agree with the author, entering a conversation not only helps the writing but also captures the readers attention and sort of provide them with a sense of imagery. “ What you are saying may be clear to your audience but why you saying it wont be” (page 4). This makes a lot of sense to me because, often when writing I worry about presenting my thoughts so much that I forget to present the full conversation and probably caused a lot of confusion to my readers. I liked the different examples shown on page 8-9 showing how to properly present your point while introducing someone else point that may not be same as yours in writing. I also like Pollitts example, how she introduced her conversation with her daughter about flying the flag. Her point is made clear, same as the daughters point.
