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Thank You for Arguing What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion

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ISBN-10: 0307341445

ISBN-13: 9780307341440

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jay Heinrichs

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"Thank You for Arguing "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 actionNas 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: The Eddie Haskell Ploy Eminem's Rules of Decorum The Belushi Paradigm Stalin's Timing Secret The Yoda Technique Whether you're an inveterate…    
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Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English