Rhetorical Appeals
Mother Jones uses this appeal when she cites the specific number (90,000) of striking textile workers in Philadelphia.
Logos
Mother Jones compares factories to these "________ prisons" where people are kept against their will and treated poorly
Industrial
Mother Jones repeatedly uses this specific word to address Roosevelt, appealing to his instincts to protect the American "family"
Father
A serious, urgent request made to someone in power
Appeal
True or False: Mother Jones claims the manufacturers have threatened to starve the working children
True
This appeal is used when Mother Jones describes children as being "raked by cruel toil beneath the iron wheels of greed" to evoke sadness.
Pathos
Mother Jones argues that if this legislative body had passed an "eight-hour bill," the strike might not have occurred
Senate
This is the specific year Mother Jones wrote her letter to President Roosevelt.
1903
Enough to meet a need
Sufficient
Mother Jones asks for children to be transitioned from factories into this environment so they can become "better citizens"
Schools
When Mother Jones references the words of Christ, "Suffer little children to come unto me," she is using this specific rhetorical device.
Allusion
Mother Jones uses the words "suffer" and "hope" to suggest that her reason for writing is to stress her opinion through _______
emotion
Unlike Mother Jones, President Roosevelt believes reform should come through ________.
Congress
To use someone unfairly for another's gain
Exploit
Mother Jones mentions that textile workers in Philadelphia are asking for a reduction from 60 hours a week to this many hours
55
Mother Jones uses this appeal by arguing that child labor is "damaging to the country's future" and bad for the republic's character.
Ethos
Mother Jones believes that because of this advancement in technology, a 48-hour work week should be sufficient
Machinery
While Roosevelt believes action should come through Congress, Mother Jones wants change to come _________.
through immediate action
The condition of being financially successful and thriving
Prosperity
Mother Jones uses this specific word to describe the silence of the clergy regarding the suffering of child laborers
Crime of ages
In the phrase "our commercial greatness... built upon the quivering hearts of helpless children?" Mother Jones uses these two rhetorical devices
Rhetorical Question and Pathos
According to the text, this group of people—whose job it should be to speak up—remains silent on the "crime of ages"
Clergy
Despite their different methods, this is the one major point that both Mother Jones and President Roosevelt agree on
Child labor is wrong and needs to be addressed
A privileged ruling class, traditionally one that inherits wealth and power
Aristocracy
Mother Jones uses "arrangement of words" to emphasize the relentless nature of child labor: "...every day in the week, every week in the month..."
What is the term for how a writer arranges words in a sentence?