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Peer pressure

 

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Meaning and definition of peer pressure :

 

A literary device which incorporates elements of bandwagon (desire to fit in) and testimonial (often with celebrity endorsement) by appealing to the readers’s desire to fit in with a specific group (hence peers), may involve “plain folk” as opposed to celebrity endorsement.

 

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