{"id":7,"date":"2017-09-27T01:09:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T01:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/xukunzhang\/?p=7"},"modified":"2017-09-27T01:09:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T01:09:51","slug":"week-two-they-say-i-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/xukunzhang\/2017\/09\/27\/week-two-they-say-i-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Week two They Say, I write"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Graff and Birkenstein\u2019s book of They Say, I Say<\/em>, the author argues about how to \u201cput yourself in their shoes\u201d (Graff). In order to write a good summary, we must try to understand what environment does the author stay in. Furthermore, we have to put ourselves in their shoes and come up an assumption of what we would do in that circumstance. In chapter two, the author quotes from Peter Elbow\u2019s theory \u201cbelieving game\u201d (Graff).<\/p>\n

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The \u201cbelieving game\u201d is a method to project yourself in the author\u2019s point of view. This process can help me to increase my critical thinking skills and enhance my ability to understand articles. Another great point that the author claims in chapter two is when we write a summary article, we cannot be subjective and analyze it from our own perspective. In high school, when I write a summary of an article I usually like to pick a side (either agree or disagree) to summarize it. Now I understand that in that way, my summary may distort the author\u2019s intention. Later in chapter two, author provides an example summary for David Zinczenko\u2019s article \u201cDon\u2019t Blame the Eater\u201d. The example summary fills up with \u201cangry tone\u201d, which the original does not have. In this situation, the writer changes the original meanings that is delivered by the author. Overall, through the reading in the book of They Say, I say, I am refreshed with the idea that we need to prevent reading the articles subjectively but analyze it with our own understanding in addition to the author\u2019s interpretation.<\/p>\n

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Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein. “They say \/ I say”: the moves that matter in academic writing. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.<\/p>\n

picture sources<\/p>\n

www.haikudeck.com\/the-believing-game-education-presentation-oLf5wko3lg<\/p>\n

mrhappytummy.wordpress.com\/reading-response-2\/dont-blame-the-eater\/<\/p>\n

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