Most Popular Books by Gerald Graff

This book identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing. It shows students how to frame their arguments as a response to what others have said and provides templates to help them start making the moves. The fourth edition features many NEW examples from academic writing, a NEW chapter on Entering Online Discussions, and a thoroughly updated chapter on Writing in the Social Sciences. Finally, two NEW readings provide current examples of the rhetorical moves in action.

An instant bestseller when it first appeared as a college textbook, this lively guide gives writers precisely what they need to know to be effective and persuasive.

Gerald Graff argues that our schools and colleges make the intellectual life seem more opaque, narrowly specialized, and beyond normal learning capacities than it is or needs to be. Left clueless in the academic world, many students view the life of the mind as a secret society for which only an elite few qualify. In a refreshing departure from standard diatribes against academia, Graff shows how academic unintelligibility is unwittingly reinforced not only by academic jargon and obscure writing, but by the disconnection of the curriculum and the failure to exploit the many connections between academia and popular culture. Finally, Graff offers a wealth of practical suggestions for making the culture of ideas and arguments more accessible to students, showing how students can enter the public debates that permeate their lives.

By studying the debate over multiculturalism and the curriculum, teachers, administrators, and students alike can actually make good use of the crisis to tackle real problems, such as academic incoherence and student apathy. Excerpted in Chronicle of Higher Education.

This remarkable anthology brings together for the first time writings by the founders of literary studies in the United States: Bliss Perry, Kemp Malone, Irving Babbitt and many others.

A primer on persuasive writing for business, political, and educational writers, originally published as a best-selling college textbook, counsels practitioners on key principles without using cluttered language, in a straightforward guide that is complemented by user-friendly templates.

The essential little book that students love for demystifying academic writing, reading, and research

The book that demystifies academic writing, now in a high school hardcover edition with an introduction and teaching notes by Jim Burke. “They Say / I Say” demystifies academic discourse and shows students that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves—the most important of which is to summarize what others have said (“they say”) in order to set up one’s own argument (“I say”). Students learn that writing is always part of a larger conversation, and the book provides templates to show students how to bring their own views in conversation with those expressed by others. AP® is a trademark registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

Quando conseguimos compreender a fala dos outros, torna-se mais simples organizar nossa própria fala. Este é o princípio deste livro: demonstrar que a boa argumentação é construída a partir da compreensão dos argumentos de outros autores e não a partir dos pilares do “achismo”. Eles falam, eu falo é um guia consistente sobre os mecanismos de produção do argumento e da retórica, que fazem a diferença na escrita. Eles falam, eu falo tem tudo para se tornar uma referência em metodologia e estilo da escrita convencional.

The first and still one of the best critiques of post-1960s cultural radicalism, analyzing why and how the defenders of literature have gone wrong. A wonderfully trenchant and illuminating inquiry.--Virginia Quarterly Review

A new take on the traditional rhetorical modes, showing how they are used in the kinds of writing college students are most often assigned arguments, analyses, reports, narratives, and more."

The most trusted guide for helping students read critically and write carefully.

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"They Say / I Say" identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and--new to this edition--writing about literature.The Norton Introduction to Literature presents an engaging, balanced selection of literature to suit any course. Offering a thorough treatment of historical and critical context, the most comprehensive media package available, and a rich suite of tools to encourage close reading and thoughtful writing, the Twelfth Edition is unparalleled in its guidance of understanding, analyzing, and writing about literature.

A rhetoric that bridges the gap between the writing students already do in social media and other nonacademic contexts and the writing they re expected to do in college all within a strong rhetorical framework."

Flexible, easy to use, just enough detail and the number-one best selling rhetoric."