I chose to read chapter 10 in “They Say I Say”. This chapter is talking all about meta commentary. Meta commentary is is like a “second text that sits alongside your main text”.  It is almost like telling your audience how to think about something. For example, you could say something in a conversation like “You’re probably not going to like what i’m about to say, but ________”. Meta commentary can play an important role in the writing process and is important to clarify and elaborate. This can just help to make things more clear even if you plainly state something. A reader can always get lost in facts and some writers with proper meta commentary can provoke a certain thought process on an idea. No matter how up front and straight forward you write, people will always need help to grasp certain concepts.