The chapter I had read about in they say/I say was chapter nine titled “you mean I can just say it that way?”. the chapter had much to do with the ideas of academic writing and how often times a writer may stick to bigger academic words than their everyday language. They then go into detail about how as writers it hurts what they are trying to say because the reader often times can not understand it and at times even you can not understand what you were saying. Therefore their must inclusion of your own everyday language into the paper to make it more understandable to a bigger audience and to ensure your point you are bringing up is being portrayed correctly. They highlight a point that their should be a perfect balance of “academicspeak and everydayspeak” into our papers as they make it sound more legitimate and make the audience feel as we relate more to it as it is in our own words.

I chose to read this chapter because I am guilty of this many times. Even from past peer reviews and meetings with teachers their are times where the both of us are puzzled by what I was trying to say in that moment. I feel like it was a good chapter to read to know I am not alone in doing this and that more often than not that it occurs. Going forward from this I have reread my essay to make sure their were clear solid points, and if their were points that sounded very “academic” I would adjust my own language without adding slang into the essay itself. I overall think that after reading this it better shaped my paper to be more connected to self and also understandable.