The Essay
Marisa Stephens
Annotation Thank You For Arguing
Focus the argument on revising your idea as if the group has already accepted it
Rhetoric is the art of influence, friendship, and eloquence, of ready wit and irrefutable logic
Commonplace is a shared attitude
If something works the hard way, it’s more likely to work the easy way
Artifact is a stupid mistake
Pure logic for persuasion is often frustrating to others, seduction is a great pacifier
Seduction is manipulation, manipulation is half the argument
Will your plan increase efficiency? Get your audience to lust after it by painting an elaborate picture
Present your choice as the lesser of the two evils
Chiasmus- crisscross figure repeats a phrase with its mirror image “Boy out of country, country out of boy”
Couples who stay married use disputes to solve problems and work out differences
They showed faith in the outcome
Executive material is a persuader and team builder
“argument by the stick” words fail, use fists
Never persuades, inspires revenge or retreat
An argument gets people to do want you want
Fight to win, argue to achieve
Test her commitment to your point
What will you say when someone brings up the issue?
To win a deliberative argument, don’t try to outscore your opponent. Try to get your way
Ask yourself what you want at the end of an argument
Acknowledge your opponent’s point in order to win what you want
Attentiveness may be the best mood for a rational talk
Use mild surprise
Changing the mood is the easiest goal, and should be worked on first
Make audience decide what you want
To get an audience to so something or to stop doing it is the most difficult
Requires a different, more personal level of emotion
1)Have you thought of all the benefits and weighed them against the alternatives 2)How doable is it?
Convince audience that an action is no big deal
Whatever you want won’t make them sweat
Self-deprecating humour is an acceptable way to brag
Set your personal
Annotation Thank You For Arguing
Focus the argument on revising your idea as if the group has already accepted it
Rhetoric is the art of influence, friendship, and eloquence, of ready wit and irrefutable logic
Commonplace is a shared attitude
If something works the hard way, it’s more likely to work the easy way
Artifact is a stupid mistake
Pure logic for persuasion is often frustrating to others, seduction is a great pacifier
Seduction is manipulation, manipulation is half the argument
Will your plan increase efficiency? Get your audience to lust after it by painting an elaborate picture
Present your choice as the lesser of the two evils
Chiasmus- crisscross figure repeats a phrase with its mirror image “Boy out of country, country out of boy”
Couples who stay married use disputes to solve problems and work out differences
They showed faith in the outcome
Executive material is a persuader and team builder
“argument by the stick” words fail, use fists
Never persuades, inspires revenge or retreat
An argument gets people to do want you want
Fight to win, argue to achieve
Test her commitment to your point
What will you say when someone brings up the issue?
To win a deliberative argument, don’t try to outscore your opponent. Try to get your way
Ask yourself what you want at the end of an argument
Acknowledge your opponent’s point in order to win what you want
Attentiveness may be the best mood for a rational talk
Use mild surprise
Changing the mood is the easiest goal, and should be worked on first
Make audience decide what you want
To get an audience to so something or to stop doing it is the most difficult
Requires a different, more personal level of emotion
1)Have you thought of all the benefits and weighed them against the alternatives 2)How doable is it?
Convince audience that an action is no big deal
Whatever you want won’t make them sweat
Self-deprecating humour is an acceptable way to brag
Set your personal