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THESIS: Abigail Adams conveys her advice to her son through her tones and…

- - - - LEADS TO A WORRIED TONE
        
        Past statement followed by "I hope you have had no occasion..."
        
        "Dearness" of John to Adams is proven by this statement, as she is hoping for John's safety.
        
        use of word "occasion" is an ALLUSION to the special "occasion" of trip to France that John is on.
        
        ALLUSION SHOWS AUTHORITATIVE TONE
        
        Adams explains her reasoning for not allowing her son to stay home.
        -"not capable of judging what was most for [his] own benefit"
        -did not contain "proper deliberation."
        
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- - - - COMPARISON OF NATURE TO ADVANTAGES
        
        Adams tells her son of importance of parenting, saying it's an "advantage," while later saying that "Nature has not been deficient."
        
        Adams want to reveal the many advantages that her son has been given (an accompanying parent being one of them).
        
        final statement ALLLUDES, once again, to France with its vast countrysides, as well as America (which has also "not been deficient"), as that is John's home.
        
        Through Adams' comparisons and metaphors, she is able to advise John by alluding and appealing to certain aspects of his life and travelling journey.
- - - - PLEASANT WORD CHOICES
        
        "...it is your lot...to owe your existence...with the blessing of Heaven..."
        
        Specifically, the word "blessing" allows her to advise her son, as it implies, once again, the care she has for him.
        
        JUXTAPOSING DICTION
        
        While talking about truth, Adams states, "...you will not swerve from her dictates, but add...every manly virtue..."
        
        JUXTAPOSITION of "female truth" to the masculine virtues further conveys Adams' earlier point of the importance of parenting.
        
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        Stresses importance of good influence.