While you won’t find a video for each chapter (yet!), you might just want to click on the vid titles that sound good. Personally, my favorites are The Natalie Portman Technique, because it smells nice; and Pepsi Decorum, because it has good taste. If you’re planning to write a college essay, then you absolutely have to watch this one.

I’ve put chapter numbers in parentheses, but they only match the chapters in the fourth edition; your edition’s chapters may be numbered differently, so—you know—look it up in the table of contents.

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Mar 27, 2023

Could AI actually improve students' writing?

Have we already reached paper-writing singularity? Technology doesn’t get scarier than this. But as a writer who frequently meets with high school AP English Language classes, I have a few suggestions.

Mar 22, 2023

Argument isn’t all about choices. It’s also about passion.

Arguments often involve people who agree with you, but don’t see the issue as a priority. What can you do to up level of passion?

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Reading Thank You for Arguing? Here Are Videos for the Chapters

Preface

Open Your Eyes (chapter 1)

Set Your Goals (2)

Control the Tense (3)

Soften Them Up (4)

Get Them to Like You (5)

Make Them Listen (6)

Use Your Craft (7)

Control the Mood (9)

Gain the High Ground (11)

Persuade on Your Terms (12)

Control the Argument (13)

Make a Connection (14) (only in the Fourth Edition)

Spot Fallacies (15)

Deal with a Bully (19)

Get Instant Cleverness (20)

Seize the Occasion (23)

Give a Persuasive Talk (25)

Capture Your Audience (26)

“Write a Persuasive Essay” (27)

ArgueLab exercises (back of the book)

ArgueLab

Have we already reached paper-writing singularity? Technology doesn’t get scarier than this. But as a writer who frequently meets with high school AP English Language classes, I have a few suggestions.