Blog #6

Ch.4

• "I Say"
• "smart enough"
• good arguments
• everyday habits
• three ways to respond
• "I agree" "I disagree"
• parallel structure 
• counter arguments 

"Forms of agreeing, disagreeing, and both arguing and disagreeing that we discus, far from being simplistic or one-dimensional, are able to accommodate a high degree of creative, complex thought"(57).

Ch. 5

• voice makers 
• how to bring in multiple authors 
• distinguish what you're saying from what they're saying
• consciousness 
• "I argue"
• "And Yet" 
• assert your own views 

"When authors fail to use voice-makers devices like the ones discussed in this chapter, their summaries of others ' views tend to become confused with their own ideas and vise versa"(75). 

Ch.6 

• counter arguments
• "anticipating your prime adjectives"
• prove how you have the authority
• how you maintain your positon 
• don't be skeptic 
• "skeptics may object" 

"Once you've decided to introduce a differing or opposing view in your writing, your work has only just begun, since you still need to represent and explain that view with fairness and generosity"(86).

Ch. 7

•  "who cares" 
• "so what"
• "active" 
• research 
• facts 
• corrected update 

"focuses on various moves that you can make to answer ther "who cares" and "so what"(93).