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"To argue persuasively you need to be in dialogue with others". This was within the first sentence of chapter two in "They Say, I say" In this chapter the author tell the readers that to argue persuasively you must take into account what the other person is saying and show that you are part of a larger dialogue and informed about what others are saying. A word that was a strong focus in this chapter was summarizing. To create an effective summary within an argument you must first be able to go back within the text and "wrestle" with what was trying to be said. To create such an effective summary there must be no distortion of the view and the arguer must disregard their own personal bias to make the summary true and effective. The chapter talked strongly about summarizing others to show that you, the arguer, is part of a larger conversation and that you are not conversing with yourself and disregarding what others have to say.
There were also templates to provide help on how to introduce quotations and summaries into a discussion. I think that this chapter was useful. I know that I have been known to disregard others information within an argument. I realize that this is a fault and it makes it hard to create a good argument when there is no discussion about others points of view or their research that could aide in my own personal argument. I will try to use this information in the future.