Why Teenagers Lie

After analyzing and gathering ideas from this article, Teens Do Their Share of Lying, and the author's personality, I'm convinced Loretta Ragsdell's writing style is very sarcastic and observant in which she explains why and when teenagers of this era, lie. In the first place, her writing is very sarcastic. This can be conveyed in the quotes from paragraph one and six, that states that, "Finally, the answer has arrived to the age-old question and unsettling mystery of why teenagers lie" and "Also, many teens have excellent adult role model in their lives who have mastered the art of lying." Clearly, she is being very sarcastic since many people don't think about this question and try to answer it and also, if you're a youth with a virtuous
When discussing with the the adolescents, she would always ask engaging questions that could be only be given Since she really was focused and attentive to the subject matter she wanted to write about. In addition she would notice things like the types of lies teenagers tell, their examples of lies, and their consistency of always lying that it's a skill. Her watchful manner can be perceived from when she says that, I asked if there were some type of liars’ club or workshop teenagers attend to learn such a skill”(paragraph four),”…I know when I hear some of those flamboyant, outlandish and outrageous lies”(paragraph seven), and finally when she says ‘’ I asked the teens what were some of the best lies they have ever told. There was no shortage of examples”( paragraph sixteen).Obviously, she is very observant because she is noticing things about the teens in her article that many people don't pay attention to or just don't think about, she observes that since they lie in a great manner there must be some type of club or workshop to acquire the knowledge to lie so much, and also since she watches juveniles so much she can decipher lies and know when their bizarre and wildly