3. Abigail uses pathos to appeal to emotion in a way that most of us can relate to. Because Abigail is the mother of John Quincy, she refers to him in a motherly context. This relates to pathos because the tone and language that is very caring. The writer repeats and uses this tone throughout the passage to advise her son. This also makes the letter sound less like a formal and more like a motherly letter. Using the soft motherly tone also evokes emotion to the reader because only someone very close to you would uses such diction.

The diction is also not as formal as many documents were at the time. Abigail uses the word “you” a lot to convey that the message she sent was written for one singular person. Abigail also uses words