They Say I Say

               "They Say I Say" begins with an interpretative way in order to understand what people are attempting to say when they begin writing. We can learn that there are many different ways to interpret what people are saying based on how they begin to introduce their views. There are many different ways to start it up a writing piece and this book gives many templates in which a writer can begin to introduce their topic. As well as starting the writing piece, it is important to continue to incorporate the "they say" into all writings. As a writer, it is important to keep the readers attention so in order to do that, their opinions must continue to be taken into consideration. This further allows conversation on the topic of the writing and keeps the reader interested and give them the desire to continue reading.
               The next section of the book talks about The Art of Summarizing which talks about how important summarizing is in a paper. Summarizing is important in writing because it can bring a lot of credibility to your writing when researching topics. Yet, one problem with summarizing is that you don't want to take credit for others information but you want to incorporate it into your own words along with your own information. It is important "to make sure that your "they say" and "I say" are well matched"(35) in your writings. Also list summaries should be avoided because they are boring and do not keep the reader interested in whatever they are reading. Along with keeping the reader interested in what you are writing, word choice is an important and useful tool to use when summarizing and quoting authors.
              The final section is all about the proper way to use and incorporate quotations into your writing. There are many wrong and right ways in which to use quotes. First of all, the quotes must be relevant to what the you are trying to assert into your writing. A quote in used to give your paper more credibility but the "I say" should also clearly be heard. Quotes are there to support your claim and in order to do that, they must be framed properly by blending the authors word with your own. The framing of a quote is the most important part because when done incorrectly, the quotes can seem to be redundant or misleading in the writings.