TY - BOOK AU - Simons,Herbert W. TI - Persuasion: understanding, practice, and analysis SN - 039435401X AV - PN187 .S5 1986 U1 - 808 19 PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - Persuasion (Rhetoric) N1 - Includes indexes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-356); Understanding persuasion. Understanding, practice, and analysis -- What is persuasion? -- Generalizing about persuasion -- Behavioral theories of attitude change -- Persuasion and image management -- Persuasion and objectivity: a rhetorical perspective -- Practicing persuasion: the co-active approach. The co-active approach to persuasion -- Audience analysis and adaptation -- Thinking about issues -- Argument and evidence -- Forms and functions of the persuasive speech -- Leading persuasive campaigns -- Persuasion in social conflicts -- Analyzing persuasion/ Doing rhetorical criticism -- Analyzing persuasion in the guise of objectivity -- Analyzing campaign rhetoric ER -