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Rhetorical Analysis Of Letter To A Sixth Grade Student By Albert Einstein

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In Albert Einstein’s letter to a sixth-grade student, Phyllis Wright, Einstein provides a rhetorically ineffective response about the role of religion in a scientist’s life by misusing specific diction and appealing to ethos. Einstein uses words like “supernatural” and “fragmentary” to describe his religious beliefs; although he understands his audience is young, he is unable to conform his diction to suit the audience’s needs. The grandiose language Einstein uses could be too complicated for Wright. Through the confusion this causes, Wright could miss the candid response Einstein is attempting to provide. In addition, Einstein attempts to appeal to ethos , but dreadfully fails. He tries to relate science and religion by proclaiming, “...the

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