Elaborated by: -Diego Burgos -Hilanne Simón -Jean Luc Miralda -Vanessa Rodriguez

1. The Letters of John and Abigail Adams:9. The Declaration. Smallpox. The Grey Horse10. Do My Friends Think I have Forgotten my Wife and Children? Elaborated by: -Diego Burgos -Hilanne Simón -Jean LucMiralda -Vanessa Rodriguez

2. RhetoricalDevices 9) The Declaration. Smallpox. The Grey Horse: “But Rome was not built in a day” (Adams 13). • Example of a red herring. • Distracts the reader from the main point. • Abigail was talking about the fleet that approached them and then went off. • This excerpt diverts the reader because it makes them reflect about the real construction of Rome and how much time it took.

3. RhetoricalDevices 9) The Declaration. Smallpox. The Grey Horse: “Where the blame lies in that respect I know not, tis laid upon Congress, and Congress is also blamed for not appointing us a General” (Adams 13). • Abigail Adams appealed to reason. • Rationality is required to understand the position of the congress or the position of the people. • This quotes deals with both opinions and actions. • People want a General, but the Congress will not give it to them.

4. RhetoricalDevices 10) Do My Friends Think I have Forgotten My Wife and Children? “Do my friends think that I have been a Politician so long as to have lost all feeling?” (Adams 14). • This quote represents appeal to emotion. • John Adams is transmitting that just because he has became a politician, it does not mean he has abandoned his family and lost all feelings. • He relies on expressive language to show his feelings.

5. RhetoricalDevices • 10) Do My Friends Think I have Forgotten My Wife and Children? • “What have I done, or omitted to do, that I should thus be and neglected in the most tender and affecting scene of my life!” (Adams 14). • The reader can feel an appeal to pathos or pity. • John is portraying mercy to the audience. • He needs and screams for help and company. • John is appealing to special emotions like loneliness. • His friends think that he has forgotten about his children and wife, but he has not! • John lets the reader understand that he needs his family and loves them.

6. Vocabulary VOCABULARY FROM LETTER 9: “May the foundation of our new constitution, be justice, Truth and Righteousness. Like the wise Mans house may it be founded upon those Rock and then neither storms or tempests will overthrow it” (J. Adams, 686). • Allusion to the Bible, Mathew 7.24-25. • Abigail is saying: if the constitution is founded in justice, truth, and righteousness, that the United States will not fail. • Mathew meant that you need a strong foundation in order to endure.

7. Vocabulary VOCABULARY FROM LETTER 9: Expunged:to erase, wipe out, or destroy. Small pox:an infectious disease caused by variola virus and characterized by skin eruption. It affected North America in the late 1700’s and beginning of the 1800’s killing many people and afterwards being controlled and eradicated. Jonathan: Abigail’s farm boy. India herb: British Tea.

8. Vocabulary VOCABULARY FROM LETTER 10: • Solicitude: anxiety, concern. • When she refers to a “Dr.” it is Abigail’s uncle, Doctor Tufts. • Loss Of Canada: The United States has just lost all of the territory in which Canada is now. • Omitted: to leave out. • Scæne: scene. • Slyly: mischievous, secret. • Faculty: The medical profession.

9. PLAY: LETTER 9

10. PLAY: LETTER 10

11. Works Cited Adams, John and Mary. Letters. English class packet.  "Dictionary." dictionary.reference.com. 20 Sep 2010.  "Scæne." http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sc%C3%A6ne. 20 Sep 2010. LINKS OF VIDEOS http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7187763 http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7188013 *images are embedded