Rhetorical Analysis Of Florence Kelly's Speech On Child Labor

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Florence Kelly uses many rhetorical strategies to convey her message about child labor in her speech. She conveys that young children are working and losing sleep for men and women to buy nonessential wardrobe. In her speech she uses repetition and sarcasm to convey her message.
Kelly use of repetition emphasizes her support on reasons why child labor is wrong. For example, she repeats “while we sleep.” This appeals to the audience’s emotion. As we sleep children are working. This repetition emphasizes how adults sleep and children work is wrong. Another example is the repetition of “our.” Children are losing sleep to make adults’ wardrobe. This emphasizes the sacrifice children are making just for them.
Kelly uses sarcasm many times to make