They Say I Say, a reading that discusses the idea and concept of introducing ideas and arguments clearly in the beginning of their paper. Though stating your own idea is always good and recommended, but it can lead to a very subjective paper, according to They Say I Say, stating your opposing argument first to give the reader an idea what you’re against so they can mentally frame comparisons to what you’re arguing. Meaning, if I am going to talk about how much I hate green beans for half the essay, the reader will just think “why do you hate green beans, what is wrong with them”? So if I start off stating my reason why or explain the opposing argument the reader will have a better idea where I am coming from.
Chapter 4 discusses 3 main ways to respond to someone else’s writing. You can disagree, “have a qualified agreement and also agreeing and disagreeing simultaneously”. This essay also explains to the reader the proper form of agreeing with a position or disagreeing with one and that you should have views that match with whatever your position might be. What I got out of this excerpt was that you can’t just start talking about what you’re arguing since simply you are not fully explaining why you’re arguing what you’re arguing. When I start writing my argument paper, I will probably do a very brief background of what I am talking about and what brought it up to give the reader an idea where I am coming from. Then I will bring up the side of my discussion that opposes my personal side to give an objective comparison to the paper.
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