Annotation #3

Summary: In the book titled, They Say I Say, we are introduced to the many ways a person can improve on their writing skills. We learn the art of quoting and how important it is in today's world, as we use them to make our purpose clear with strong quotes to send out our message. We are also informed with being able to collect everyone's views and combining it with your own idea. Finally, we are also given methods of how to be able to answer the "so what?" and "who cares?" questions in your writing, in order to help clarify your audience what you're trying to prove. With only these few methods the writer will have a better understanding on how to make his writing more efficient.

Quotes:
1. "...it is deeply engaged in some way with other people's views." (Graff, P.3) I see this quote as a way of saying; being a writer doesn't always have to be about yourself, but also have a connection towards other people and their views.

2. "Quoting someone else's words gives a tremendous amount of credibility to your summary and helps ensure that it is fair and accurate." (Graff, P.42) This has been something I was taught in high school as it's a way to make your paper look more professional and strong as you have evidence to be able to prove your point.

3. "All writing is controversial." (Graff, p. 92) Thinking about it, everyone has their fair share of opinions when it comes to writing as everyone comes from a different view point of seeing things as they write it down.

Questions:
1. How can a reader learn from this book?
2. Why are the "who cares?" questions more abroad that what they are meant to be? How can we as the writer figure out if the person will care or not?