What type of rhetorical appeal does the speaker use in this passage?
Despite my mother's allergies, I begged every year on my
birthday for a kitten. I had already decided on a name
and knew exactly what coloring I wanted Butterscotch to
have-yellow and brown. In my mind, she would be the
most special cat, and we would have a bond that would
help my mom overcome the puffy eyes and sneezing that
Butterscotch would make her have. On my seventh
birthday, my wish came true, and Butterscotch became
mine. Two weeks later, however, we took a very sick
kitten to the veterinarian and learned she had distemper,
a contagious disease that can cause death in animals.
Butterscotch didn't make it, but since then I have
dedicated my future to making sure all animals get this
life-saving vaccination.