Thank You For Arguing Summary

When someone brings up the finer details of english grammar and theory of argumentation I personally have alarming flashbacks of past English classes where the drudgery of grammar was omnipresent. While Thank You for Arguing is no Sunday drive, it certainly is a simplified and easily approachable crash course in classical rhetoric and argumentation. If it was not clear yet Thank You for Arguing’s theme is the art of persuasion. Rhetoric is a part of human a language and humans fascination of the subject has stemmed since the time of the ancient Greeks. Heinrich’s purpose in the book was to convey all the rhetorical information, that he had spent the last 20 years studying into a more understandable medium of a three hundred page book. By incorporating some of the lessons from his studies and infusing them with real life experiences, alongside worldly examples, he presents the art of persuasion to the everyman. Personally, I enjoyed the book took a large amount of information away from it. The text itself is very understandable; however, to clarify vocab and context of his talking points Mr. Heinrichs includes an ample amount of text boxes. While theses boxes can be good to better clarify details for the novice of argumentation it can come across as clutter more than helpful information to the …show more content…
Keeping the different strategies group together leads to better readability. The first of these sections is the Introduction, which only has a single chapter, “Open Your Eyes; The Invisible Argument”. As any other book Heinrichs opening chapter is to preface to the reader what is to come and how this show is going to go. It is a series of stories about his daily life and interactions with his family. The personal touch is easy to comprehend but it works as a tool to outline some offensive and defensive strategies before he has even told you what they