Also, a little off topic, but Pizzicato is more of a plucked violin sound in classical music, and violin strings don't ring much. *plunk!* So you can emulate that by slightly palm-muting the strings with your right hand as you pluck them.
Douglas Showalter did a cool video on this:
http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=12090&s_id=595
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