In this chapter, I found it interesting how in the beginning they started off by describing how writing is like muscle memory. They compared it to things like riding a bike that is easy for most of us because we already learned it. It discusses use of templates to form a structure to a writing that majority of people follow. They discuss the formation of our own ideas in response to others with the prompt being the same as the title, “They say, I say”. It also discusses how the best academic writing is when it is deeply engaged with others’ views. Then the book discusses how framing the “I say” part as a response to what “they say” to show contrast. The book also gives tips about writing an essay and to ask yourself questions while writing, like “Who says otherwise?” and “Who can dispute it?” Many writers use this format to challenge standard ways of thinking and create controversy. The book gives a lot of templates to accomplish this kind of writing and make it much deeper and engaging for the reader. Such examples that I find helpful for using contrast in an essay are “While I understand the impulse to _____, my own view is ____.” As well as templates for whether you agree or disagree in a response to another person’s writing. The book also has a “templates of templates” page where they discuss major moves to lengthen and work through the entire essay, as well as many transition sentences. I think this chapter is very helpful for the writing we are doing in class and the current essay we are working on.