Summary of Part 1

In part one of Graff and Birkenstein the book is trying to eliminate students using the term, “They say.” Often times when writers are trying to write a research paper or any type of paper using sources, they tend to uses the phrases such as, X said this, or he calls it that. One of the best’s ways that the book introduces additional ways for writers to introduce others opinions is by giving templates to use. The templates are easy to understand, and frequently are set up so that the students are able to use them in their own writing. Part one also shows the reader that there is more than one type of way to introduce what others are trying to say. This section also informs us that you want keep your ideas in view once they have been stated, so that it doesn’t confuse the reader of the paper.