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Paige Nelson Ms. Washington IB/AP Lang 15 December 2020 Final On-Demand Essay Eliza Stacey’s letter to her father utilizes rhetorical strategies to persuade her father-in-law to provide for her family once again. Eliza incorporates diction and appeals to pathos in a piteous and pleading tone, hoping to convince him to aid her and her family. Eliza tends to appeal to emotion throughout her letter, hoping to evoke sympathy from her father-in-law. The emotional appeal is most prominent when she mentions her pregnancy, stating that the pain “may change to travail”. Eliza portrays that her future ensures pain and entitles more struggle than she is in now. She proceeds to rant about her fright of going into labor without her husband, remarking, “how can I survive,”. Eliza relates her hardships to death, almost proposing that his financial help can help her survive through this pregnancy. Eliza accentuates her difficulties through an emotional appeal entailing her father’s concern and sympathy. Eliza hopes that her emotional appeal will reveal her as a victim in this unjust situation. Eliza adds how she“never [lies her] weary body full of pain on [her] bed”. Eliza depicts that her world is falling apart and that she does not rest, even in her pain. She hopes her depiction of her problems will evoke sympathy in her father-in-law with all of her hardships, and in return, he will compensate her families’ debt. Eliza employs specific diction that she anticipates will make her father feel piteous and feel the need to provide for her and her family. From the beginning, she adds, “my dear father-in-law”. She addresses her father-in-law in a kind manner, highlighting their familial

relationship. Eliza then goes on to employ the words “depressed”, “frustrated”, and “disappointment” to set the tone of her letter. These terms set a pitiful tone from the start of her letter, emphasizing the inopportune situation, longing for her father-in-law’s pity. The use of this diction implies that with his help, he could change the hopelessness she currently has and restore her families’ complications. Eliza implements this diction to seem affectionate towards him so that he can see her deep “afflictions”. She even signs off the letter with “your deeply afflicted daughter”. Here she uses “daughter”, instead of daughter-in-law, in an attempt to illustrate her desperation. The word “daughter” conveys a duty to ensure her father-in-law to help with her financial situation because of his pity. Elize describes her situation to her father-in-law, specifically implementing an appeal to pathos and diction to him to see her devastating condition. The use of these rhetorical strategies gives her letter a more heart-wrenching feel and pulls at her father-in-law to compensate for his family in a time of great need like he did once before....