Gerald Graff's "They Say, I Say" encourages students to become______________?
Correct answer: B. involved in critical conversations about literary texts.
- A. passive readers and critics of literary texts.
- B. involved in critical conversations about literary texts.
- C. capable of realizing that the viewpoints of some critics are more important than others.
- D. aware that Hamlet is a remarkable work of literature.
Explanation
They Say, I Say presents academic writing as participation in an ongoing conversation: writers identify existing views and then develop their own responses. It therefore encourages active engagement with critical debates rather than passive reading.
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