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Rhetorical Analysis On Florence Kelley

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On July 22nd 1905, Florence Kelley-a social worker-was speaking at the National American Woman Suffrage Association in hopes of gaining support for restriction on child labor and better conditions for working women. In the angry and passionate speech, Florence Kelley utilizes rhetorical appeals, repetition, and rhetorical questions in order to assert the problems with child labor to the adults and officials of America. The use of repetition Kelley says is purposeful: she wants to make the audience feel remorse and guilt for the child labor that is being allowed throughout the country. She illustrates the guilt by first using the words “while we sleep” when describing the children's work schedule. She uses this phrase to signify how restless

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