02886cam a2200337 4500 605608748 TxAuBib 20220916120000.0 ||||||s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307450562 0307450562 e4a3a5a9-f539-4612-a1ec-778540533ed9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 158992 OverDrive (Product ID) 78058 78058 TxAuBib Heinrichs, Jay. Thank You for Arguing [Libby eBook] : What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. Crown/Archetype, 2008. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 438kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. HTML:<i>Thank You for Arguing</i> is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill. The time-tested secrets the book discloses include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to actionÑas well as Honest Abe's Shameless Trick of lowering an audience's expectations by pretending to be unpolished. But it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians' use of "code" language to appeal to specific groups and an eye-opening assortment of popular-culture dodges, including:<br /> <br /> The Eddie Haskell Ploy<br /> Eminem's Rules of Decorum<br /> The Belushi Paradigm<br /> Stalin's Timing Secret<br /> The Yoda Technique<br /> <br /> Whether you're an inveterate lover of language books or just want to win a lot more anger-free arguments on the page, at the podium, or over a beer, <i>Thank You for Arguing</i> is for you. Written by one of today's most popular online language mavens, it's warm, witty, erudite, and truly enlightening. It not only teaches you how to recognize a <i>paralipsis</i> and a <i>chiasmus</i> when you hear them, but also how to wield such handy and persuasive weapons the next time you really, really want to get your own way.<br /> <br /> <i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>. Self-Improvement. Language Arts. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-09-16 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/E4A/3A5/A9/ThankYouforArguingWhatAristotleLincol9780307450562.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E4A3A5A9-F539-4612-A1EC-778540533ED9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/E4A/3A5/A9/ThankYouforArguingWhatAristotleLincol9780307450562.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E4A3A5A9-F539-4612-A1EC-778540533ED9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)