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Leader/Orator: Rachel Carson. I.

Background A. Early Years Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and ecologist grew up in the rural river town of Springdale, Pennsylvania. Her mother passed on to her a life-long love of nature and the living world that Rachel expressed first as a writer and later as a student of marine biology. B. Professional Years Carson graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University) in 1929, studied at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, and received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. She was hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries to write audio scripts during the Depression and supplemented her income writing feature articles on natural history for the Baltimore Sun. She began a fifteen-year career in the federal service as a scientist and editor in 1936 and rose to become Editor-in-chief of all publications for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. II.

Rhetorical Skills A. Exigence - Writing being one of Rachel Carson’s greatest skill, and Silent Spring, her most important contribution to the world since it launched the global environmental movement today. Carson worked to purge the United States of deadly pesticides that were used everywhere across the U.S. in agriculture and elsewhere. B. Use of Ethos; Logos; Pathos - Through Carson’s use of ethos, logos, and pathos, she establishes a tone that informs and jolts her readers into action. Carson’s statement before Congress not only discussed “the problems of environmental hazards and the control of pesticides,” (Rachel Carson’s Statement before Congress 1963) but ignited an environmental movement. C. Use of Rhetorical Devices (see viewings under Course Materials) - Persuasive devices used by Rachel Carson throughout her life include: Ethos, Logos, Pathos, repetition, parallelism, allusion, name calling and restatements. D. Overall use of Non-Verbal and Oral Delivery - In Rachel Carson’s statement before the Senate Commerce Committee, Carson can be seen to mostly rely on Pathos to persuade her audience by appealing to their emotions (Pathos Definition and Examples) and logos to convince her audience through the use of logic or reason (Logos Definition and Examples). In addition, Carson uses the rhetorical device anaphora. Anaphora is a rhetorical device that features the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses. Anaphora works as a literary device to allow writers to convey, emphasize, and reinforce meaning (Anaphora - Definition and Examples of Anaphora). For example, we see the use of anaphora when Carson states, “We have acquired technical skills on a scale undreamed of even a generation ago. We can do dramatic things and we can do the quickly; by the time damaging side effects are apparent it is often too late, or impossible, to reverse our action.” The repetition of the word “we” emphasizes to whom she is speaking to that she is one of them and together they can make a change that not only benefits her, but the planet and mankind itself.

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Legacy Rachel Carson was and still is a very important figure in history today. The publishing of her environmental science book Silent Hill and her statement before congress in 1963 is what ignited an environmental movement and caused the many changes in how operations are run. Rachel Carson not only exposed the misuse of chemicals and the damaging effects they have on the environment we live in but opened the eyes of many Americans across the country. She knew there would be a target on her back from the chemical industry and their allies but had the support from many Americans and environmentalists. “She aimed at igniting a democratic activist movement that would not only question the direction of science and technology but would also demand answers and accountability,” (Silent Spring) and she succeeded. Without Rachel Carson, the environmental movement would not have had gained such a huge bipartisan support which ended up resulting in an important legislation during the Nixon era: The Clean Air (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Lear, Linda. “Rachel Carson's Biography.” Rachel Carson, Biography, www.rachelcarson.org/Bio.aspx. Retrieved from https://www.rachelcarson.org/Bio.aspx In this source I found a biography on Rachel Carson. It provides important information on the orator’s background such as her early years and professional career. “Timeline.” Rachel Carson, Timeline - Interactive, www.rachelcarson.org/TimelineJS.aspx. Retrieved from https://www.rachelcarson.org/TimelineJS.aspx In this source I found a timeline on Rachel Carson. I figured it would be important to look at for reference. “Rachel Carson: Mother of The Environmental Movement.” Lori Weintrob, faculty.wagner.edu/lori-weintrob/rachel-carson-mother-of-the-environmental-movement- 2/. Retrieved from https://faculty.wagner.edu/lori-weintrob/rachel-carson-mother-of-theenvironmental-movement-2/ In this source I found important information regarding Rachel Carson’s professional rhetorical skills. This provides me with the orator’s structural, non-verbal and oral delivery. Lear, Linda. Rachel Carson, The Life and Legacy, www.rachelcarson.org/. Retrieved from https://www.rachelcarson.org/ “Legacy of Rachel Carsons Silent Spring National Historic Chemical Landmark.” American Chemical Society, www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson-silentspring.html. Retrieved from https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson- silentspring.html In these two sources I found information on Carson’s exigence and legacy. This provides me with more information on the orator. “Rachel Carson's Statement before Congress 1963.” Rachel Carson Council, rachelcarsoncouncil.org/about-rcc/about-rachel-carson/rachel-carsons-statement-beforecongress-1963/. This source provides access to her speech I will be making multiple comments on. *Information I deemed to be helpful with explaining the orator’s rhetorical skills and choices below: •

- “Examples of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos.” Example Articles & Resources, examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-ethos-logos-and-pathos.html.

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- “Logos.” LitCharts, www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-andterms/logos#:~:text=Logos%20is%20an%20argument%20that,or%20she%20is%20using %20logos. - “Logos.” LitCharts, www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-andterms/logos#:~:text=Logos%20is%20an%20argument%20that,or%20she%20is%20using %20logos. - MasterClass. “What Is Logos? Definition and Examples of Logos in Literature - 2021.” MasterClass, MasterClass, 8 Nov. 2020, www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-logosdefinition-and-examples-of-logos-in-literature#what-is-the-difference-between-logospathos-and-ethos. - “Rhetoric 101: The Art of Persuasive Speech.” TED, 23 Jan. 2017, blog.ed.ted.com/2017/01/17/rhetoric-101-the-art-of-persuasive-speech/. - User, Super. “Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Definition and Examples.” Home - Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, the Modes of Persuasion ‒ Explanation and Examples, pathosethoslogos.com/#:~:text=Ethos%20or%20the%20ethical%20appeal,by%20appeali ng%20to%20their%20emotions.&text=Logos%20or%20the%20appeal%20to,use%20of %20logic%20or%20reason. Additional Information I deemed to be insightful: https://rachelcarsonhomestead.org/ https://search.epa.gov/epasearch/?querytext=rachel+carson&site=epa_default&result_te mplate= 2col.ftl&typeofsearch=epa&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epa.gov%2Fhome%2Fpage - not-found#/ https://www.fws.gov/rachelcarson/ https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/rachel-carson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbLACDNJyN4&ab_channel=CuriousMermaid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipbc-6IvMQI&ab_channel=NVatCEPImperial Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. , “Rachel Carson.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rachel-carson/. About the author Stoll, et al. “The US Federal Government Responds.” The US Federal Government Responds | Environment & Society Portal, www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/rachel-carsons-silent-spring/us-federalgovernment-responds....