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    Abigail Adams was born in the 1744 and at the age of 19 married with John Adams, second president of the United States. In their 54 years of marriage, they had five children. She was the mother of “John Quincy Adams” 6th president of the United States. When her husband “John Adams” served the country, she was looking after family back at home. Abigail was a good letter writer at the time when women could not publish publications or newspapers. These letters are pungent, amazing, bright, and became

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    Rhetorical Analysis Essay Wife of the second president of the United States, John Adams, and their son John Quincy Adams: sixth president of the United States, Abigail Adams, writes to her son in an attempt to inform him of the importance and gravity of going to France with his father and how the adventure will influence the decisions he will make later as an adult. The rhetoric style used by Adams when conveying the importance of the trip to her son is comprised of symbolism, analogy, and ethos

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    Abigail Adams was a wise and educated women that had one wonderful and challenging life. Like any other women in the 1700s grew up to become someone’s wife, bear children and live in the private life of her husband’s house. Abigail has a slightly different story than other women though. She grew up with her sisters and brother and had a tutor so they became literate which was not a ling for women. Educated men didn’t want a wife that was smart, they wanted someone to take care of the them and the

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    Abigail Adams was an influential woman of her time and one of the first avid supporters of women’s rights. Abigail Adams was important to history because without her contribution and hard work the women’s suffrage movement may have never been started or would not have been as successful as it is today. Abigail Smith was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1744. She was the second child born in her family. Abigail’s father was a pastor and her mother spent her time helping others in the community

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    mother, Abigail Adams wrote to her son, John Quincy Adams advising him to take a trip to France with his father, John Adams (2nd future president of the United States). In this letter, Abigail Adams aims to convince John Quincy Adams of his potential and advantages he poses that will allow him to grow as a republican leader, as Abigail Adams was applying the ideals of republican motherhood. Little does she know, her son will also become a future president of the United States. Abigail Adams begins

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    Born on November 11, 1744, Abigail Smith entered the world in the Massachusetts colony during troublesome time of England rule that was destined to end one day.1 Her family was well respected in the town of Weymouth, where she was born. Her father, William Smith, was a Congregational minister and her mother, Elizabeth Quincy, hailed from a prominent family in the colony.2 Abigail spent her time at her grandmother’s house where she was schooled in English, French, and history, meanwhile, gaining a

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    On January 12, 1780, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her son John Quincy Adams, who was traveling through France with his father, US diplomat John Adams. She is clearly concerned about her son’s well-being, and seems to feel guilty that she urged him to make the trip, although he was averse to going. She suggests that he must enjoy using his knowledge of the French language, and that being in France is an excellent opportunity for him to increase his understanding. Mrs. Adams shares a metaphor with

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    Abigail Adams explains to her son in her letter that he is a man now-- so he needs to make the best of it and not be an average man of the time period. Mrs Adams uses rhetorical devices throughout this letter to let her son know that he needs to be willing to do whatever it takes to help his country just like his father the American diplomat. There is a very serious tone throughout the letter, she bombarded John Quincy about how it is necessary for him to leave the house and express himself as he

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    since.” (Abigail Adams Quotes) Abigail Adams states in this quote, that women must wake up and realize that they can be educated, that they, like men, can be brave and fight for their intelligence. Abigail was a strong independent woman who believed in equal rights between men and women both. Abigail was an intellectual woman who not only expressed her opinions to other people, but also to her husband through thousands of letters. Not only was she intelligent, but she was also loyal. Abigail and John

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    Abigail Adams is the wife of the second president of the United States of America and the mother to the sixth President of the United States of America, John Quincy Adams. She and her family are living in important times in American history and she has a very clear understanding of that. When she writes to her son, John Quincy Adams, she is trying to impart that message of, pay attention; all of this turbulence and turmoil is going to shape you even if you don’t know it yet. Mrs. Adams uses the

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