They Say, I say: Exercise 2

In the Introdution to "They say/I say": The moves that matter in academic writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to help express your ideas and how to be able to present them in a sufficient way. Specifically, Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer that you not only take your ideas but others also. As authors themselves put it "we believe to argue well you need to do more than assert your own ideas." Although some people believe, Graff and Birkenstein insist that you become well known with others ideas . In sum, then, their view is that they want you to listen to what other people have to say and hear their ideas out.
I agree. In my view, the types of templates that the authors recommend are very valuable because you can learn new things by listening to others ideas. For instance, if you don't know something then somone can help educate you on it. In addition, this can also help you know what other people have to say. Some might object, of course, on the grounds that you shouldn't always take others into idea because you are your own person. Yet I would argue that this isn't true because everyone can learn from one another. Overall, then, I believe that this is a important skill to have in writing -an important point to make given by the auhors.

They Say, I Say: Exercise 1

The line "tv is bad for the brain"  is also used with "brainwashing the society." This term can be used to show that many people think that watching tv is making society belive things that aren't true or that what are they letting their kids watch now a days. Many tv shows have bad content, not realistic, and are addicting. These are all valid points to watching tv, but there are some good things that can come out of watching tv. People learn things on tv everyday and watch things that they are interested in and want to learn more about. The person chooses what they want to watch most of the time so it's a choice. Also reasons that it is good is that it is entertainment and people enjoy to watch tv. Comparing the good and bad of watching tv is that in moderation tv can be useful and it can also get out of hand. In this comparison watching tv is always going to be a problem but will always stay in the society.

Dialectic journal entry #1

Quotes:

1. "By-and-by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed." (Chp. 1, pg.7)
2. "Well, I got a good going-over in the morning, from old Miss Watson, on account of my clothes; but the widow she didn't scold, but only cleaned off the grease and clay and looked so sorry that I thought I would behave a while if I could." (Chp. 3, pg. 13)
3. " Don't you give me none o' your lip, " he says." (Chp. 5, pg 21)
4. " I fetched the pig in and took him back nearly to the table and hacked into his throat with the ax, and laid him down on the ground to bleed- I say ground, because it was ground-hard packed, and no boards." (Chp. 7, pg. 33)
5. " It would get so dark that it looked all blue-black outside, and lovely; and the rain would thrash along by so thick that the trees off a little ways looked dim and spider-webby. " (Chp. 9, pg. 47)
6. " She told me about Tom Sawyer finding the six thousand dollars..." (Chp. 11, pg. 53)
7. " I judged she would be proud of me for helping these rapscallions and dead beats is the kind the widow and good people takes the most interest in." (Ch. 13, pg. 70)

Comments and Questions:

1. This quote deals with the time period and how different it was back then compared to now. It is very informal to say "niggers" in our society today and it shows the change in the time.
2. This sets the tone for the book. This shows that Huckleberry Finn is maybe a rebel and that he didn't follow the rules. Miss Watson would get him in trouble and scold him.
3. This quote shows the style that book uses. The way that the characters talk to eachother is very different then how we talk to people today including the grammer that they use.
4. The author used imagery in this quote. They explained the killing of the pig very vividly and used imagery to make the reader understand what the character is doing.
5. The author uses imagery again in this quote. They used it to explain what was happening outside and this could make a connection to what else is happening in the book.
6. This quote shows that the person knew Tom Sawyer which is a connection between the two. This could come up later in the book and maybe lead to something.
7. In this quote they use the word "rapscallion" which is part of grammer because that word isn't used that often now and is heard very much.