false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172236525m/151751.jpg 151751 2 <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&#8217;s three-step strategy for moving an audience to actionÑas well as Honest Abe&#8217;s Shameless Trick of lowering an audience&#8217;s expectations by pretending to be unpolished. But it&#8217;s also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians&#8217; use of &#8220;code&#8221; language to appeal to specific groups and an eye-opening assortment of popular-culture dodges, including:<br><br>The Eddie Haskell Ploy<br>Eminem&#8217;s Rules of Decorum<br>The Belushi Paradigm<br>Stalin&#8217;s Timing Secret<br>The Yoda Technique <br><br>Whether you&#8217;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&#8217;s most popular online language mavens, it&#8217;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. 146471 27 2 2007 Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion total:131|5:39|4:47|3:37|2:7|1:1| 131 509 294 36 4 3 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 07:18:43 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 07:25:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 10:52:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 11:52:00 -0700 2009 1.5 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 11:31:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 12:41:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 21:16:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 21:16:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 18:53:29 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 11:41:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 13 22:33:37 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 22:36:25 -0800 2009 3 1 false false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:12:25 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:12:25 -0700 2008 Overall, I enjoyed reading it. The chapters follow a format that I would have benefitted from during study sessions during my introductory days in the depart...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 05:30:51 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 05:32:08 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 10:30:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 10:30:01 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 03 16:08:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 16:09:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 07 12:27:46 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 12:28:34 -0700 2009 0 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 16:15:13 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 16:16:31 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 29 05:56:03 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 05:56:03 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu May 29 20:22:20 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 20:29:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 14:38:37 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 14:39:12 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 06:16:21 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 14:55:31 -0700 2008 comes across as being manipulative. Actually, he probably would admit to being manip...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 16 11:33:11 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 25 08:58:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 27 11:11:55 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 11:15:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 07:58:13 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 06 16:01:20 -0800 2009
I think it would be great for high school debate students.]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:57:08 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 21:09:49 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=151751