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Thank You for Arguing—Jay Heinrichs
Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of
Persuasion—Jay Heinrichs (ISBN-10: 0385347758 or ISBN-13: 978-0385347754)
Assignment: This is a wonderful book, and Jay Heinrichs is an amazing narrator/writer/debater. However, for
the instructional purposes of AP English Language, I have chosen specific chapters for your assignment.
Please, read the chapters I chose very carefully. Answer the questions and take notes on these chapters. We
will use these ideas, examples, and concepts throughout the year. You may use the PDF I have supplied (thanks
to an industrious teacher online), or you may purchase your own copy of the text-- paper or digitally.
Study Guide Questions
Directions: Please answer questions fully using complete sentences on a separate document. You will submit
for credit to the teacher the first week of school.
Chapter 4—Soften Them Up
1) What is argument by logic (logos)?
2) What is argument by character (ethos)?
3) What is argument by emotion (pathos)?
4) Why is concession the most powerful tool of logos?
5) How does “align[ing] yourself with your listener’s pathos” help in an argument (44)?
6) Pathos aims to do what?
Chapter 5—Get Them to Like You
7) Explain decorum:
8) Decorum follows whose rules?
9) Why must you change your decorum based on your audience’s expectations?
10) Why is Eminem’s 8 Mile a great example for this chapter?
Chapter 6—Make Them Listen
11) Identify and define the “3 essential qualities of persuasive ethos” (56).
12) What is Lincoln decorum?
Chapter 9—Control the Mood
13) According to Aristotle, where do emotions come from? Is this an accurate statement? Why?
14) Why is a “detailed narrative” the best way to change the mood of your audience (89)?
15) Explain the statement: “When you argue emotionally, speak simply” (83).
16) Why is sympathy more effective than humor at persuading someone?
17) Discuss the use of the following in an argument:
a. Anger
b. Patriotism
c. Emulation
18) What is unannounced emotion?
Chapter 13—Control the Argument
19) Create your own syllogism.
20) What is an enthymeme?
21) Create your own enthymeme.
22) Explain inductive logic.
23) Explain deductive logic.
24) What key word easily identifies the proof in an argument?
25) Identify and give an example of the following:
a. Fact
b. Comparison
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Story (Anecdote)
Defense
Chapter 14—Spot Fallacies
26) What are the 4 questions that can help you determine if there is a fallacy in an argument? How can you use these in
everyday life?
27) What are the 3 identifiers associated with logical fallacies?
28) Explain The False Comparison and create your own example.
29) Explain The Bad Example and create your own example of a hasty generalization.
30) Explain Ignorance of Proof and create an example.
31) Explain the Tautology and create your own example.
32) Explain the following devices and create your own example for each:
a. Many Question
b. Complex Cause
c. False Dilemma
d. The Red Herring
e. Straw Man
f. Slippery Slope
Advanced Offense
Chapter 20—Get Instant Cleverness
33) What are “schemes” (209)?
34) What is metonymy and synechdoche?
35) Go online and find an impressive example of metonymy and synecdoche (document the site).
36) What is chiasmus?
37) Go online and find an impressive example of chiasmus (document the site).
38) What is antithesis?
39) Go online and find an impressive example of antithesis (document the site).
40) What is a litote?
41) Go online and find an impressive example of litote (document the site).
42) Explain “verbing” (221-223).
Chapter 23—Give a Persuasive Talk (same issue with writing an argument)
43) Define each of the levels of persuasive organization
a. Introduction
b. Narration
c. Division
d. Proof
e. Refutation
f. Conclusion
44) Explain each for diction- stylea. Virtue 1
b. Virtue 2
c. Virtue 3
d. Virtue 4
e. Virtue 5
The Appendix is useful
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