John Downe Rhetorical Analysis

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In an effort to convince his wife of immigrating to the United States, John Downe writes a persuasive letter in which he employs the use of several different effective rhetorical strategies including hyperbole, tone, diction, and comparison. Downe begins the letter by explaining his current situation in the U.S. As a new-comer, he was warmly greeted by a farmer who offered him a plethora of food choices during dinner. Through the use of polysyndeton in lines 7-12, Downe is able to overwhelm the reader with all available foods. On top of that, the following examples glorifying the availability of resources in the U.S activate the reader’s mental eye and help establish a sense of satisfaction through perceived abundance. In order to ease the
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