They Say/ I Say pg.43-52 #1&2

1. In the article Single-Sex Education: Positive Effects, author Jennifer Sills references many “they say” quotations in her text. Sills integrated the quote into her text by first saying what the opposition believes and shutting their point down. Then Sills writes “They also claim that” before writing the quote. She uses this quote to show that they used an unreliable source. After the quote, she continues with her main point. Based on what I’ve read I think that Sills could do a better job at explaining the actual quote and introducing it. Instead of saying “they also claim that”, she could write “Their point is that”.

2. For class, I wrote about the benefits of single-sex schools. I used many direct quotes from sources agreeing with my argument, but I could’ve used some that were from articles against my argument. After every quote, I explained it and stated how it relates to my claim. To introduce one of my quotes I wrote “Laster writes” and to improve this by using one of the templates, I could instead write “Laster himself writes”. Another quote introduction I used was “Cornelius Riordan, professor of sociology at Providence College, stated that”. This is a good introduction because it states the author and is not unclear. However, I could strengthen this introduction by saying “Cornelius Riordan, professor of sociology at Providence College, agrees when he writes”. I would write this instead because in the sentence before I started a point that his quote agreed with and proved.

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