Monday, March 19, 2012

Quick Write: Persuasion

If you ask me, I 'd say that I'm pretty good at persuading people into doing something for me & I've got good techniques for it too. Usually I have to persuade my parents to let me go to my friends' house after school or for them to buy something for me. One of the charms I use to persuade them is only focus on the good things, like you are selling a house. You aren't going to mention all of the leaks and creaks, you'll mention the great view and new plumbing. Another method I use is applied only to when you want to go home with someone. What you do is you exaggerate. You say that you have barely any homework when really you have 20 math problems, but you've looked over them, they're easy. And there may be a test tomorrow, but there's always Advisory. Or, say that you want your parents to buy you something, promise that you'll pay them back. If that plan totally fails then say you've been wanting one forever and even offer to get one for your little sibling. So I guess, my over all persuasion and methods are pretty good.