title: Praise sandwich
text: # Praise sandwich
  
  A praise sandwich, compliment sandwich or feedback sandwich is a rhetorical technique to deliver criticism in a way that it is accepted by the criticized person.
  
  It is named after the metaphor of a sandwich since it has three parts:
  
  * Praise of the addressee
  * Expressing what the speaker dislikes about the person
  * Further praise of the addressee
  
  In spite of the speaker's intention, it can be rejected if the criticized person detects that the praises were insincere and just a vehicle for the criticism or if the person prefers straightforward communication. They could label it a shit sandwich. It can also fail if the receiver just picks the praise and ignores the criticism.
  
  Authors have discussed its effect and how to improve it.
  
  