Micro-Activity #6

Mary Wollstonecraft is writing this letter to show people that women deserve their rights. I believe she wanted the readers of the letter to understand the point she was trying to get across but also realize that everyone was born with rights and deserves to have those rights. I think Wollstonecraft is part of a discourse community who fights for women’s rights. She was tring to get her point across to someone who is opposed to the views of her dc.

Identify the writing strategy you see Wollstonecraft using: questioning
Explain why you find this useful, persuasive, or effective in some other way:

Quote 1: “Fighting for the rights of women, my main argument is built on this simple principle: If a woman isn’t fitted by education to become man’s companion, she will stop the progress of knowledge, because truth must be common to all; if it isn’t it won’t be able to influence how people in general behave.”

The writing strategy she is using is: Tone

I find to be persuasive because she is presenting hard facts and evidence to support her argument. That helps me to lean towards her side of the argument.

Quote 2: “I address you as a legislator: When men fight for their freedom, fight to be allowed to judge for themselves concerning their own happiness, isn’t it inconsistent and unjust to hold women down?”

The writing strategy used is questioning

she supports her argument by using Questioning. she is trying to emphasize how unjustified the men’s logic is. She asks very intriguing questions to the recipient in the letter to make them rethink their way of thinking.