For my revision, I found more examples to support my arguments, wrote a conclusion, and found different used of rhetoric devices with stronger supports to build my paragraphs on.
In her speech to the women’s rights convention, Lucy Stone combines juxtaposition and allusion with observation and statistics about women’s role in society to shift people’s perspective about women’s rights.
In the beginning of her speech, Stone uses juxtaposition to inform the audience about how women have been disappointed by society. Stone references her search for education and a job, and recounts, “I was disappointed…the housekeeper.” Stone contrasts how she had all of the requirements to get a “man’s job”, yet she was still only able to get a job that was deemed worthy of women. Stone also uses juxtaposition when she explains her search for a college: “the first… white men.” She compares women and black people by stating their equal college opportunities, and reveals that these two minority groups almost no opportunities to succeed compared to white men. …show more content…
Stone, while explaining sexism’s presence in the past, says, “Trace all…of the age.” She alludes to historical documents, and reveals how they shouldn’t have merit over how women are treated, as they all were simply written about the bigotries of their time. Stone also addresses her audience in a religious manner, and says, “I have confidence…a blunder.” By alluding to God and reminding her audience that He doesn’t make mistakes, she appeals to the majority of her audience that believes in God and believes in His
In her speech to the women’s rights convention, Lucy Stone combines juxtaposition and allusion with observation and statistics about women’s role in society to shift people’s perspective about women’s rights.
In the beginning of her speech, Stone uses juxtaposition to inform the audience about how women have been disappointed by society. Stone references her search for education and a job, and recounts, “I was disappointed…the housekeeper.” Stone contrasts how she had all of the requirements to get a “man’s job”, yet she was still only able to get a job that was deemed worthy of women. Stone also uses juxtaposition when she explains her search for a college: “the first… white men.” She compares women and black people by stating their equal college opportunities, and reveals that these two minority groups almost no opportunities to succeed compared to white men. …show more content…
Stone, while explaining sexism’s presence in the past, says, “Trace all…of the age.” She alludes to historical documents, and reveals how they shouldn’t have merit over how women are treated, as they all were simply written about the bigotries of their time. Stone also addresses her audience in a religious manner, and says, “I have confidence…a blunder.” By alluding to God and reminding her audience that He doesn’t make mistakes, she appeals to the majority of her audience that believes in God and believes in His