Thank You For Arguing Rhetorical Analysis

A Case For Rhetoric Debate and argument are a pinnacle foundation of speech in the world. Jay Heinrichs Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion, is like the bible of rhetoric and argument. Heinrichs is a former editor of many different publishers including: Rodale Inc., and Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. His book, is the leading book in the introduction to rhetoric, and is used in thousands of classrooms every year. Thank You For Arguing is a useful book that should be in continued use, for all people who want to enhance their persuasive skill, and learn valuable mechanics implementable in everyday life. Thank You For Arguing is a book that is important in teaching the art of persuasion. The book is a tool based on rhetoric that’s separated into parts to help teach one how to win an argument. These parts are: offense, defense, advanced offense, and advanced agreement. In “offense” one learns to appeal to the audience’s emotions using ethos, pathos, and logos. This …show more content…
If one plays to the advantages of their audience, instead of themselves, the chance of winning the argument becomes much higher. The way Heinrichs conveys this message is by creating scenarios or characters and playing out scenes that demonstrate the wrong thing to do, and then the right thing to do. The examples that are considered wrong don’t provide an advantage to the audience, and those considered right agree with and cleverly persuade the audience. This chapter was especially meaningful because it shed light on a mistake made extremely often in arguments and shows how deliberative argument is one of the most important and useful ways to persuade