FCAT lifebook again.

Devices of persuasion:
Strategies that a writer uses to convince the reader of something; common persuasive techniques like given below:

· Bandwagon:
His eye slit up when he saw me…”So, are in, or out?” he asked, as if the answer was a statement, not a question. No, I replied like I had been doing for the past few weeks…”I don’t understand why you do it, there’s no way I’m going that low.” “Every cool guy is doing it! You wouldn’t understand!” he screeched, and stomped away. I could see the affects of it first hand: - My teen friend was becoming a child before my eyes.
· Testimonial:
Your nuts, I told him when we met up for lunch. Well, he retorted, it’s not like you’re the only smart kid who’s going to, even if you do. Even that three AP fellow is on it now… I heard even our assistant prince is!” All I could do is sigh back his face.
· “Plain folks”:
Well, let the smart people do what they want, in that case, I’m not smart. Well, he reciprocated, even Lucy is. Even Lucy? I asked, in mock surprise. I understood where he was going…He knew I could relate with Lucy pretty well, we were going through the same family problems.
· Emotional:
I looked into his eyes and choked, I couldn’t see him like this anymore. I was at my wit’s end. I dragged him with me to the mirror on the library and showed him what he had become. Look at you, I spat angrily. That handsome face looking like a ghost, that soft blonde hair looking like a mop! Wake up, you fool, I cried, slumping back. He looked at me with tears in his eyes, looking clearer than he had in months.