Daily Assignment #1

With their text, They Say/I Say Graff and Birkenstein hope to introduce a certain kind of writing formula to students and developing writers so that they may become more engaged in critical thinking and discussion. They argue that by enlisting their "they say___, I say ___" formula, we can move beyond our own ideas in order to listen and respond to others. In this way, we as better writers give power to a constant global conversation that allows everyone to be heard and everything to be discussed. Professor Bammert's course description also calls for writing that is analytical and reflective. By first evaluating others' arguments and developing our skills at analyzing, we may begin to become writers that use language to inspire change and more fully understand one another. Both arguments about academic writing and rhetoric rely on the idea of language and communication as a tool to analyze our world and promote thoughtful arguments.