How to Apologise for Killing a Cat (eBook)

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2022 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
Canbury Press (Verlag)
978-1-912454-71-6 (ISBN)

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How to Apologise for Killing a Cat -  Guy Doza
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- Fun guide that decodes language tricks used in everyday life - Packed with quotations from Caesar to Elizabeth 1 to Barack Obama - Illustrated throughout with cartoons and graphs - After reading you will never see the world the same way again

Guy Doza is a speechwriter, trainer, and public affairs consultant. He started his career in political research before branching out into corporate speechwriting. He now works independently for a range of international clients whom he writes on a variety of subjects. Guy is a two time TEDx speaker and has lectured on rhetoric at several of the world's leading universities. After his excellent experience writing his debut book with Canbury press (his words), he has written a second: The Language of Evil: How Dictators Manipulate the Masses and Wield Power Through Words (2025).
- Fun guide that decodes language tricks used in everyday life- Packed with quotations from Caesar to Elizabeth 1 to Barack Obama- Illustrated throughout with cartoons and graphs- After reading you will never see the world the same way again

Guy Doza is a speechwriter and trainer. He has a Master's degree in Rhetoric from Royal Holloway, University of London, and uses its techniques in the speeches he writes for senior politicians and business leaders. He trains government speechwriters in logic and rhetoric. 

INTRODUCTION. The author introduces the ancient art of rhetoric, and explains its importance in everyday life as well as how it has been used – and still is used – by people and organisations seeking to influence our views and behaviour. Mentions rhetoric, swindling, persuasive language, Aristotle
1. TOUCHING THE HEART. Introducing how rhetoric can be used in practice, with examples ranging from a simple love letter phrased in many different ways to convey different messages to the Axis of Evil speech by US President George W Bush and the Stolen Generations speech by Australian PM Kevin Rudd
2. THE THREE MUSKETEERS OF RHETORIC. Welcome to Logos, Ethos, and Pathos, key elements of rhetoric – a bit like the rhetorical equivalent of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Only with three, so the three musketeers is a better cliché. Logos is the use of logic, ethos is the use of emotion
3. LOGOS. Introducing and explaining the uses of logos in rhetoric, including a quick primer on formal logic such as minor and major premise and logical fallacies. Mentions rhetorical technique, formal logic, informal logic, Malala, MMR vaccine, Brexit Battle Bus, Barack Obama, argumentum ad rem
4. ETHOS. Introducing and explaining the rhetorical concept of ethos – the use of reputation to bolster one's argument. Mentions argumentum ad hominem, JK Rowling, Julia Gillard, Justin Bieber, George W Bush, Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
5. PATHOS. Introduction to pathos in rhetoric, looking at examples throughout history where speakers or writers have invoked emotion to strengthen their argument. Donald Trump, Martin Luther King Jr, I Have a Dream speech, Michelle Obama, Melania Trump, Johnny Mercer, Hilary Benn, Oprah Winfrey
6. REPETITION. The use of the many different types of repetition in rhetoric, including tricolon, epizeuxis, anaphora, epistrophe, anadiplosis, abundantia, isocolon, chiasmus. Mentions historical and political figures Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, Tony Blair, Barack Obama and Kevin Rudd
7. REPETITION (AGAIN!). Explaining further rhetorical techniques such as anadiplosis, abundantia, isocolon, chiasmus. Mentions We Shall Fight on the Beaches, Yoda, US President George W Bush, Malcolm X, abundantia, Kevin Rudd, Sojourner Truth, Ain't I a woman? anti-slavery speech
8. TRICKS OF THE TIRADE. Introducing other rhetorical techniques used by the likes of Nelson Mandela and Donald Trump. Mentions rhetoric, comprobatio, Donald Trump, Mississippi, Alabama, Nelson Mandela, occultatio, kairos, periphrasis, aporia, apostrophe, apodioxis, digressio, reductio ad absurdum
9. LOGICAL FALLACIES. Revealing the logical fallacies present when skilled practitioners of rhetoric use persuasive language and writing. Mentions slippery slope, Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, Benjamin Netanyahu, tu quoque, false cause, David Silvester, false dichotomy, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi
10. TO QUESTION OR NOT TO QUESTION – THAT IS THE QUESTION. Exploring the operation of rhetorical questions, known in rhetoric as erotema. Examples include Greta Thunberg, Barack Obama and Shylock in Merchant of Venice. Mentions false dichotomy, epiplexis, Merchant of Venice, Shylock, Hypophora
11. I'M SORRY I DID IT... APOLOGIES. How to apologise, without making matters worse, for instance if you run over the next-door neighbours cat, don't glibly offer to buy them a new one. Features the six key psychological components of a successful apology. Mentions admission of guilt and regret
12. RHETORIC IN TIMES OF CRISIS. The use of rhetoric in crises, as demonstrated by Winston Churchill. We Shall Fight Them on the Beaches, kairos, People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong, Covid-19 speech, anadiplosis, tricolon, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana funeral rhetoric, Menachem Begin, BP spill
13. RHETORIC IN THE WORKPLACE. Rhetoric in LinkedIn profiles, job applications and CVs.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.9.2022
Zusatzinfo An illustration at the start of every chapter. Diagrams accessibly explaining formal logic
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Literatur Comic / Humor / Manga
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Spielen / Lernen Sprachen
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Logik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte Abundantia • anadiplosis • Anaphora • ancient art of rhetoric • Apodioxis • aporia • Apostrophe • argumentum ad hominem • Argumentum ad populum • best guide to rhetoric • best speeches book • Chiasmus • Comprobatio • Digressio • effective writing techniques • elenchus • Epiplexis • Epistrophe • Epizeuxis • Erotema • Ethos • guide to public speaking • historical uses rhetoric • how to speak book • Hypophora • Isocolon • Kairos • Logos • Occultatio • Paronomasia • Pathos • Periphrasis • persuasive writing • Reductio ad absurdum • rhetoric • rhetorical tricks • rhetoric book • rhetoric secrets book • Tricolon • tu quoque • what is rhetoric
ISBN-10 1-912454-71-8 / 1912454718
ISBN-13 978-1-912454-71-6 / 9781912454716
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