Madeleine Albrite gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College, a women's college in Massachusetts. Albrite employs various choices of language that resonate with her audience, as well as metaphorical language. Through her language, references, and emphasis, she seeks to inspire and empower the graduating class while also highlighting the significance of their achievements. Albright made several strategic choices to effectively communicate her message to her audience. Firstly she uses language that resonates with her audience, seeing that she spoke to the graduation class composed of women she addresses them as a “nation”(line 5) and fellow “women” (line 37-38). She acknowledges their roles as trailblazers in
