Abigail Adams Analysis

Sailee Rane

Abigail Adams Letter Analysis

SOAPSTone:

Subject- importance of travel

Occasion- January 19, 1780; prior to his presidency

Audience- her son (John Quincy Adams); future president

Purpose- to inform her son that he must be diligent about traveling to France

Speaker- Abigail Adams; mother of John Quincy Adams

Tone- strict, proving a point, motivational

DITS:

Diction- the words used my Adams all serve a purpose of creating a motivational tone

Imagery- "increases its stream the farther it flows from its source"; "animated by scenes"; "so much satisfaction as to be honored"

Tone- in SOAPSTone

Syntax- there are no noticeable sentence structures, repetitions, or significant words placed at the beginning or end of sentences

ETHOS PATHOS LOGOS:

Ethos- Adams is his mother so anything she says to him must be true

Pathos- Adams shows love for her son even though they are far apart

Logos- she implies that if he were to follow her instructions that all would be well for him

Abigail Adams letter to her son, future president John Quincy Adams, for the reason of stressing how important it is that he travels to France, and uses ethos, pathos, and logos to do so.

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