In a letter to her son, Abigail Adams uses appeals to pathos, allusions, and diction to help her son because she wants him to be a good person and do well in life. Abigail Adams uses a lot of pathos to get her point across. One way she uses it is by reminding him of all the advantages her has over other people. In the third paragraph she says, “As you are favored with superior advantages under the instructive eye of a tender parent, your improvement should bear some proportion to your advantages”. She is reminding him that not everyone is under the guidance of their parents, and that he should improve greatly with his advantages. He should be grateful for the opportunity his parents have given him to become a better person and not take it
