“Ten days in a mad-house” by Nellie Bly rhetorical analysis

Nellie Bly uses various forms of rhetorical techniques in her piece “Ten Days in a Mad-house” on how she spent ten days in a mental asylum. Nellie uses logos throughout the two body paragraphs to express the inhumane conditions she was being confined in. Nellie also uses disturbing diction throughout the body paragraphs to make the audience who read the paper to really understand the place she was put into. The use of diction expresses a serious tone throughout the entirety of the paper to ultimately spread awareness and cause change in these inhumane hospitals.

Nellie Bly applies to logos at the start of her second paragraph as she dedicates half of it to strictly one statement;