Within the excerpt from "The Boston Girl," Anita Diamant tells the story of Miss Chevalier, the woman who does it all, and a young girl named Addie, whom Miss Chevalier invites to recite a poem at a local presentation. The author, Anita Diamant, uses emotional appeal to convey Miss Chevalier's compassionate nature.

The author uses authentic literal connections to convey emotion to the audience. Miss Chevalier is a woman for the town, she does what she needs to do to keep the town up and running. She runs the woodshop, nursing classes and most importantly she founded the girls reading club. One evening when the girls were reading "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere", Miss chevalier was so impressed with Addie's reading that she invited her to