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"In this letter Abigail uses a range of rhetorical and literary…
"In this letter Abigail uses a range of rhetorical and literary strategies to develop this inspiring letter to her son."
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Examples of Greatness
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"A parent who has... discharged the trust reposed on him with so much satisfaction as to be honored with the important embassy which at present calls him abroad."
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This also gives him a role model to follow in the case that he doesn't know exactly what to do or how to act.
Adams uses her husband to invoke the father son connection they have to further motivate her son to follow her advice.
Gives her son tangible evidence of how successful other people who have followed her advice have been.
Bad Examples
"War, Tyranny, and desolation are the scourges of the almighty... yet it is your lot my son, to be an eyewitness of these calamities in your own native land."
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She uses this negative diction to in conjunction with the use of their home country to show and convince her son of how bad things could be if he doesn't follow her advice.
Although she only uses one bad example she uses negative diction and the mention of their homeland to leave a lasting impact on her son
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