Journal 3: They Say/I Say is a book about how to
write about the arguments of others. Find a contemporary opinion piece
in an online news source and summarize the argument using templates from
the book.
Your writings this week—Journal 3 will help you to make sense of this
new way of thinking about argument. The Journal 3 will ask you to apply
what you learn from They Say/I Say, which argues that argument is like a
conversation. When writing or responding to an argument, you must
consider what others have said first.