In "Talking About Our Troubles," what techniques does the author use to persuade the reader? Support your answer with evidence from the selection.

The author uses various techniques to persuade the reader, most notable of which are definitely:

1. pathos: the author uses strong emotional scenes to touch the reader's heart and persuade them to believe his words

2. logos: apart from the feelings, the author also tries to use proof and logic to create more sense in readers' minds

3. metaphors and symbols: these tend to make the reading more credible

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.