Jay Heinrichs 'Thank You For Arguing'

Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion is a title written by the not-so-famous, (but extremely well-versed) Jay Heinrichs. Although the title is indeed a mouthful, it serves its purpose in drawing the reader in. Also; the extremely long title is a little hint of what Heinrichs entails in his book, an endless supply of information on how to correctly and influentially utilize rhetoric, the art of persuasion.

The next topic the author offered for an argument is, setting your goals of what you want to gain from your audience. The first and most simple step is to change the audiences mood. If you are able to change their mood, you make them more vulnerable to your argument and more willing to listen to you. The second step winning an argument is, changing the audiences mind and opinion. An example of this from the text is, convincing the light bulb that a replacement is the best way to get some light in the room. You want to promote yourself to them instead of coming off with the impression of a rival. The last and most difficult step to winning an argument is, getting to audience to take action. In order to get the audience to do this, you must be on a more emotional and personal level. As quoted from the text, you not only need to use desire to motivate but you need to convince them that taking this action is not a big deal; something they shouldn’t sweat about. Overall, chapter was very descriptive and informing in distinguishing the difference between an argument and a fight, and how to go about winning these

Persuasion is a very strong technique that is used by many throughout history to form some of the greatest works of literature. Ethos, pathos, and logos are the three forms of persuasion. In 2008 a man by the name of Barack Obama created his Victory Speech after a very hard fought campaign. He utilizes the three modes of persuasion to create his very persuasive speech. Persuasion is one of the most crucial strengths to any speaker, especially when applying ethos, pathos, and logos just as Barack Obama did in his 2008 Victory Speech.

The first chapter introduced the reader to the art of rhetoric. He describes how rhetoric works through real life examples. He demonstrates ways that rhetoric persuades us like, argument from strength, and seduction. He tells the reader that the sole purpose of arguing is to persuade the audience. He showed that the chief purpose of arguing is to also achieve consensus, a shared faith in a choice.

Well-Known writer and author, Jay Heinrichs, in his book, thank-you-for-arguing, describes persuasive decisions, argument tools and how to use them when arguing or persuading your audience. Heinrichs purpose is to teach his audience how to use rhetoric and to teach us to argue without anger instead, be apathetic. He adopts an influential tone in order to reveal to his readers that the world of argument has a better way to persuade with logics.

The main argument in The Apology by famous ancient Greek philosopher Plato is whether, notorious speaker and philosopher Socrates is corrupting the youth by preaching ungodly theories and teaching them unlawful ideas that do harm to individuals and society. In his words Socrates quoted the prosecution’s accusation against him: “Socrates is guilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing in supernatural things of his own invention instead of the gods recognized by the state.” 1 Further Socrates consistently introduces tediously compiled number of examples to provide valid and sound arguments to prove that he is innocent of the charges brought up against him to the court.

The novel Thank You For Arguing written by Jay Heinrichs teaches us the persuasive tactics behind an effective argument. Heinrichs emphasizes the importance of rhetoric by adapting persuasive tools to modern day situations. A former journalist and now an advocate for rhetoric, Jay Heinrichs has aimed to restore the art of persuasion by teaching it to his audience.

Throughout history, persuasion has been used by world leaders to captivate people’s hearts, minds, and their attention. A great example of this is in the 1960’s when Martin Luther King Jr. created a movement of equality among all the races. In today’s world, many people know Donald Trump as trying to persuade voters to dissipate from a certain mindset when it comes to voting. A farmer, astronomer, and author named Benjamin Banneker wrote a persuasive letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1791, this demonstrates that persuasion has been a strategy in writing for hundreds of years. In his letter, Benjamin Banneker’s uses some rhetorical strategies such as a passive-aggressive tone, compare/contrast, and emotional appeal to spread his message that slavery must be abolished completely.

In Thank You for Arguing, written by Jay Heinrichs had introduces to the reader about the rhetoric concepts and strategies that give us to understand more about offense and defense in an argument. He is not just to explain the concepts to the readers for how to build up a stronger argument but to make the readers to know what purposes that argument puts in our lives. Although rhetoric tools is hard to fits in our everyday life, Heinrichs still would help us to gain more ability on utilizing the knowledges of the rhetoric concepts, and convinces us to influence on our behavior that act in the argument.

The tool of argumentation has been used throughout the entirety of history. Arguing can occur in many different situations, yet most have a misconceived interpretation of what the term actually is. According to author Jay Heinrichs, an argument is properly defined as having the ability to “convince your opponent, or enemy, by changing his mood, his mind and his willingness to act” (Heinrichs, 15). Heinrichs also claims that to be able to master the art of arguing, one must be able to persuade anyone to do anything. In order to establish one 's standpoint on a position, one must possess a range of tools to be able to properly convince an audience. The two texts “Time 's Up For Title IX

The first essential of persuasion involves the structure of the argument being posed by one who is trying to provoke others to action. In order to convince someone of a new argument, idea or moral, one must use the proper methods: logos, ethos and pathos. According to Hauser, “The method

Three Key Concepts Key Concepts from Don Rothman’s “The Writing Classroom as a Laboratory for Democracy.” “Honor Individual Intelligence” Rothman begins his article by emphasizing the importance of honoring individual intelligence while using persuasion. It is a common misconception among many people that persuasion is synonymous with coercion. As Rothman states on page 44, “One widespread belief regarding persuasion is that one should never weaken one’s position by devoting much space to the other side” (p. 44 Rothman).

In part two of Thank You For Arguing, Jay Heinrichs further explains the importance of logic and how it can be used as a defensive tool. He begins by describing the disastrous effects of logical fallacies in an argument. If spotted, they can remove all credibility and any persuasive aspects of an argument. Therefore, it is essential that an individual is able to spot logical fallacies so that he/she can minimize them in their own argument and detect them in someone else’s. To ensure that bad logic is not being used, Heinrichs developed “Seven Deadly Sins” which can be categorized into three methods of discovering fallacies: Bad proof, wrong number of choices, and disconnect between proof and conclusion.

I like the example that you make about your decision for no withdrawing your astronomy class that was an excellent decision and a good example of Central route persuasion because the student who you talk to and the professor were able to make you think and change your mind in a positive way.

One of the most notable points from the reading will have to be the factors that influence individuals to make decisions based upon what goes on in the daily life of a person, such as going to work, watching television, and the people they associate with. This all ties into the idea of persuasion that through learning can be used as a tool to argue efficiently by learning different techniques needed to make successful refutes. Persuasion fits in perfectly with making an argument to get a message across more effectively, by providing a solid foundation, and clear ideas for the reader, so that the view you're trying to prove makes sense and is worth the listen. The main goal for the argument, is to change the reader's opinion on the matter. Learning