CLRC Writing Center
INTRODUCING QUOTES AND SOURCES
METHODS FOR INTRODUCING PARAPHRASES
X acknowledges that ______________.
X agrees that ______________.
X believes that ______________.
X denies/does not deny that ______________.
X claims that ______________.
X complains that ______________.
X concedes that ______________.
X demonstrates that ______________.
X deplores the tendency to ______________.
X celebrates the fact that ______________.
X emphasizes that ______________.
X insists that ______________.
X observes that ______________.
X questions whether ______________.
X refutes the claim that ______________.
X reminds us that ______________.
X reports that ______________.
X suggests that ______________.
X urges us to ______________.
These examples are taken from They Say/I Say; The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff and
Cathy Birkenstein, First Edition, W.W. Norton and Company, 2006.
CLRC Writing Center
METHODS FOR INTRODUCING QUOTATIONS
X states, “______________.”
As the prominent philosopher X puts it, “______________.”
According to X, “______________.”
X herself writes, “______________.”
In his book, ______________, X maintains that “______________.”
Writing in the journal Commentary, X complains that “______________.”
In X’s view, “______________.”
X agrees when she writes, “______________.”
X disagrees when he writes, “______________.”
X complicates matters further when he writes, “______________.”
METHODS FOR INTRODUCING ANALYSIS
Basically, X is saying ______________.
In other words, X believes ______________.
In making this comment, X argues that ______________.
X is insisting that ______________.
X’s point is that ______________.
The essence of X’s argument is that ______________.
These examples are taken from They Say/I Say; The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff and
Cathy Birkenstein, First Edition, W.W. Norton and Company, 2006.