Influenced The Life Of Eleanor Roosevelt's Life

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Everybody has a legacy, it is up to every person to make theirs one worth remembering. Eleanor Roosevelt lived a life worth remembering. She was the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the longest-serving first lady. She became actively involved in many political issues and drastically changed the role of the first lady. Biography.com, Firstladies.com and Ductsters.com all provide biographies on the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. However, each of these websites is addressed to different audiences and provides different information. Ducksters Education Site provides a very brief overview of Eleanor Roosevelt’s life and is addressed to a younger audience such as children while Biography.com presents a more in-depth and informative biography her …show more content…

This article begins by explaining on the great loss Eleanor was faced with when she became an orphan at the young age of ten. However, it goes on to describe the accomplishments she made later on in her life as the first lady when stating that “Eleanor dramatically changed the role of the first lady”. Additionally, the purpose of the article from firstladies.com was to provide an in-depth description of Eleanor Roosevelt’s life and the challenges she faced. The author chooses this purpose to not only help the readers become familiar with Eleanor’s accomplishments in adulthood, but also with her family background and early childhood. Lastly, The purpose of the article from ducksters.com was to provide a basic understanding of the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. The author accomplishes this by using simple words and sentences that convey a brief description of Eleanor’s childhood and …show more content…

This organization style was used to help the reader better understand how Eleanor matured and faced certain challenges in her life. Similarly, the article from Firstladies.com was organized chronologically. The author does this by describing her family members and her early childhood then, continues to describe the main events and accomplishments in her life up until her death. Finally, the article from Ducksters.com as also organized chronologically. The author does this so the reader will understand the order of which events took place in Eleanor's life. Overall, each article used different rhetorical strategies such as, tone, purpose, order, and were addressed to different audiences. Although each biography shares an informative tone, some are more formal and direct than others. Furthermore, all of the biographies have a purpose of informing others on Eleanor Roosevelt and are chronologically order. Lastly, all of the biographies vary in the audiences they are addressed

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