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Anatomy is whether the argument is sound. This is whether anyone is moved by it. Both, or neither works.
The Foundations
- Rhetorical Triangle — ethos · pathos · logos, and the speaker–audience–message frame
- Rhetoric — the study map (books, orators, courses, drills)
- 60 Knowledge/60.10 Argumentation/Rhetoric > 📚 **Best Books on Rhetoric** — Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Heinrichs, Leith, Farnsworth
- Debate University Course > Rhetoric · The Practice of Argumentation - Effective Reasoning > Chapter 9: Language, Style, and Presentation (Page 220)
Delivery
- Presenting Your Case — the folder’s core note
- Presenting Your Case > Gaining a Sympathetic Audience · Presenting Your Case > Presenting the Facts · Presenting Your Case > Driving Home the Conclusion
- Presenting Your Case > Nonverbal Devices · Attacking An Argument > Nonverbal Devices
- Debate University Course > Charisma · Debate University Course > Art of the Spectacle
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 12 CONFIDENCE IS EVERYTHING (Page 199) · Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 13 KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON (Page 218)
Techniques That Land
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 1 WINNING OVER AN AUDIENCE (Page 16) — know them, grab them, connect
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 2 FEELINGS, NOT (JUST) FACTS (Page 32) — pathos and the science of persuasion
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 7 THE RULE OF THREE (Page 127) · Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END (Page 134)
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 6 MAKE THEM LAUGH (Page 110) — the dos and don’ts of debate humor
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 9 THE ART OF THE ZINGER (Page 150)
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 10 SETTING BOOBY TRAPS (Page 165)
- Rhetorical Strategies — the working file: “just asking questions,” diction, characterization, shape-talk, and how to counter each
Questioning as Persuasion
- Socratic Questioning — let them build the conclusion themselves
- Debate University Course > What Makes a Good Question
- Attacking An Argument > Questioning · Attacking An Argument > Answering
- Tactics - Gregory Koukl — the “Columbo” method: three questions that do the work
- Rhetorical Strategies — forcing a hard position out of a soft one
Composure Under Fire
- Verbal Judo — the whole book is this section
- Verbal Judo by George J. Thompson, PhD Highlights > 6 Eleven Things Never to Say to Anyone (And How to Respond If Some Idiot Says Them to You) (Page 43)
- Verbal Judo by George J. Thompson, PhD Highlights > 10 The Only Way to Interrupt People and Still Have Them Love You (Page 73)
- Verbal Judo by George J. Thompson, PhD Highlights > 20 How to Fight Fair (Page 145) · Verbal Judo by George J. Thompson, PhD Highlights > 21 Take the Giant LEAPS (Page 150)
- Verbal Judo by George J. Thompson, PhD Highlights > 19 The Language of Reassurance (Page 138)
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 8 JUDO MOVES (Page 138)
- Win Every Argument - Medhi Hasan > 5 LISTEN, DON’T (JUST) SPEAK (Page 92) — critical vs. empathetic listening
Audience
- Attacking An Argument > Audience Reaction — read the room before you pick the target
- Debate University Course > Audience · Debate University Course > How to Deal with Haters
- Good Arguments — persuasion as a civic skill (Chapters 4 and 8 on rhetoric and the side switch)
Cross-Folder
- Communication MOC · 60.17 Influence & Negotiation · Persuasion
- Key Points of Influence & Rapport · Common Manipulation Tactics · Emotional Manipulation
- The dark side → Fallacies & Bad Faith (MOC) · Debate Pervertry
Base index
Argumentation.base (file not included in this release)