In her letter Abigail Adams wants her son and her husband to continue their voyage to France, despite what events may occur and persevere through any personal conflicts that may occur. She drove her message through a plethora of rhetoric devices along with tone. A rhetorical device Mrs. Adams uses is parallelism. She states “Great necessities call out great virtues,” which would mean that John Q. Adams would have great challenges and tests in his life, however, it’s those challenges and tests that make him a better person and will pull out the greatness in him. It is implied that Mrs. Adams will stick with Mr. Adams in the “[g]reat necessitates.” When Mrs. Adams states this it tell us that she is a mother who will persevere with her child