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John Winthrop Rhetorical Analysis
Kristina Perona
Mrs.Borgmeyer
AP Language & Composition
September 11, 2014

John Winthrop's Plea for a Godly Lifestyle in New England John Winthrop plead for the English Puritans that were traveling to New England to lead that of a godly lifestyle in the colony. Being a leader in founding Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop hoped to see it flourish and wanted the Puritans to know what God would expect of them. Winthrop gets his point across by using beseeching diction to display his tone of eagerness for the Puritans to succeed. With phrases like "we must be knit together in this work as one man," and "we must delight in each other;" Winthrop conveys his desire for God's blessing to be upon them in their new adventure. To tug on
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