If you need to make an argument about an issue about which you feel very strongly, don’t use rhetoric. Tell a story instead.
Using Stories to Persuade
Photo by Eugenio Mazzone If you need to make an argument about an issue about which you feel very strongly, don’t use rhetoric. Tell a story instead. For a recent example, think of how Representative Keith Ellison spoke to the press before hearings convened by Representative Peter King to investigate the radicalization of American Muslims […]
March 24, 2011
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