it is even more unfortunate that the city’s white power structure left theNegro community with no alternative.”
acknowledging their concern, but also giving them a reality check, per se. The demonstrations weren't something done of a whim, for pure show, , but something that needed to be done for the good of others.
structured almost entirely around a framework ofsummary and response, in which King summarizes and then answers theircriticisms.
A structure that we will most likely end up using in our writing, simple but effective, especially when addressing multiple "why's."
without a “they say,”what you are saying may be clear to your audience, but why you are saying itwon't be.
It provides your audience with you motivation, which, in the long run, can help keep them more engaged as they may also have opinions on the topic you are talking about
the real world we don’t makearguments without being provoked.
most of what we write is in response to something that intrigued us, and not "just because"
toargue well you need to do more than assert your own position. You need toenter a conversation, using what others say (or might say) as a launching pador sounding board for your own views.
You need to "interact" with the other persons argument as well. if not, all you're really doing is talking at them, which can make you lose credibility, no matter how "good" your argument is
it is the importance not only of expressing your ideas (“I say”) but ofpresenting those ideas as a response to some other person or group (“they
States the main goal of the book
theirmastery of an inventory of basic moves that they probably picked up byreading a wide range of other accomplished writers.
The mastery of these moves is often what becomes this writes style and what we as readers learn to recognize. With this, we can draw connection between their works and the works of others.
Instead of focusing solely on abstract principles of writing, then, thisbook offers model templates that help you put those principles directly intopractice.
Instead of solely talking **at ** you about a method, it explains it and gives you a demonstration, which makes reading this book follow a conversational tone that is better for encoding.
Performing this activity, in other words, depends on your having learned aseries of complicated moves—moves that may seem mysterious or difficultto those who haven’t yet learned them.
Reminds me of the fact that I've learned to use the (rather old) analog registers at work so i don't really think much about what buttons im truly pressing when i ring people up, but when someone new covers for me they clearly struggle more