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In her 1942 address, "The Role of American Women in Wartime", Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce asserts the grave importance of fighting to win World War II to a women's banking committee. Through addressing her audience with endearing terms, repetition of the phrase glamour, vivid imagery, anaphora, and calling her audience to action, Luce makes her claim that even though the challenges will be great, there is still more that could be and should be done by women to overcome the worldwide war.
A prime example where she encourages women to do more is by using endearing terms to make her claim sound more empowering. Near the beginning of her address, Luce states that her address is "something which I could only say among us girls", including her "sisters" in her argument. The audience feels like she is confiding in them rather than delivering a political address-- she uses terms associated with intimacy and authenticity. This is an audience of fellow women that have also seen the hardships World War II has caused, and by addressing them with endearing terms, the audience feels more drawn to Luce's argument because they are not just citizcens in need of persuasion, but sisters and friends who have a chance to fight. They may even feel responsible, not only as a group of united women, but as friends, to aid Luce in a nationwide struggle that even affects them. Luce avances this appeal by stating "But, believe me, for each of us these are the good old days now, my friends" before "Now we have got to face a great, big fact". Through her earlier use of endearing terms, Luce engages the audience by getting them ready to hear how they can help. She sets up an invitation form them to unite so that when she delievers the true message of her address, it has more emotional impact on the audience. This way, when she has to get serious, the audience feels like thy're already on her side.

Heya!! Since the AP English Language and Composition exam is coming up, I was wondering if somebody could just read this intro and body paragraph for me. I didn’t write the other two, so some of the stuff in the claim is not covered, but I just wanted to see if I could stay on focus. Thanks!

   In her 1942 address, "The Role of American Women in Wartime", Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce asserts the grave importance of fighting to win World War II to a women's banking committee. Through addressing her audience with endearing terms, repetition of the phrase glamour, vivid imagery, anaphora, and calling her audience to action, Luce makes her claim that even though the challenges will be great, there is still more that could be and should be done by women to overcome the worldwide war.
A prime example where she encourages women to do more is by using endearing terms to make her claim sound more empowering. Near the beginning of her address, Luce states that her address is "something which I could only say among us girls", including her "sisters" in her argument. The audience feels like she is confiding in them rather than delivering a political address-- she uses terms associated with intimacy and authenticity. This is an audience of fellow women that have also seen the hardships World War II has caused, and by addressing them with endearing terms, the audience feels more drawn to Luce's argument because they are not just citizcens in need of persuasion, but sisters and friends who have a chance to fight. They may even feel responsible, not only as a group of united women, but as friends, to aid Luce in a nationwide struggle that even affects them. Luce avances this appeal by stating "But, believe me, for each of us these are the good old days now, my friends" before "Now we have got to face a great, big fact". Through her earlier use of endearing terms, Luce engages the audience by getting them ready to hear how they can help. She sets up an invitation form them to unite so that when she delievers the true message of her address, it has more emotional impact on the audience. This way, when she has to get serious, the audience feels like they’re already on her side.