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    “Give me liberty or give me death” - Patrick Henry. These words are the essence of human life; without freedom is life lived in the darkest of caves. In the Colonists case‚ they are bound by a ruler who lives thousands of miles away‚ which is by no means a sufficient argument on waging war and breaking away from Britain‚ however‚ many offences have been made by the Mother country. In my opinion‚ colonists were justified because of taxation without representation‚ tyranny‚ and soiled relationship

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    In the “Speech to the Virginia Convention” (1775) Patrick Henry convinced colonists to fight against Britain; he uses four main rhetorical devices‚ rhetorical questions‚ allusions‚ imagery‚ and parallelism. Through these devices he softens his tone to get his fiery messages across. With rhetorical questions he suggests the answer he wants the colonists to make. Likewise‚ as he uses imagery‚ colonists can better understand the whole picture. One device that he employs is asking a rhetorical question

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    Martin Luther King and Patrick Henry: Cry for Freedom Robert Hernandez English 11 Moore-4 October 4‚ 1996 Although Patrick Henry and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. are both skilled orators and use similar rhetorical devices to appeal to their audiences‚ they call for freedom for two totally different kinds of people. Both Patrick Henry and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. show their strengths as speakers through their use of these rhetorical devices. Among these are parallelism

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    Patrick Henry showed an amazing ability to coerce his audience into action in his famous speech‚ “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”. Rallying a people to go from stagnate opinions to action is no easy task. Many political speakers of our modern society use the same tactics to motivate their audience. The uses of repetition‚ reiteration‚ and experience can all be used in writing an influential speech or even a single statement. This exact type of calling to action can be seen from the smallest of

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    Espinosa‚ Richard Anderson A. February 6‚ 2014 AVTE 221 – 4C Mr. Jimmy Marcaida II Assignment: In electronics‚ a flip-flop or latch is a circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information. A flip-flop is a bistable multivibrator. The circuit can be made to change state by signals applied to one or more control inputs and will have one or two outputs. It is the basic storage element in sequential logic. Flip-flops and latches are a fundamental

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    “Give me liberty‚ or give me death!” Patrick Henry’s famous words still remain in history to influence our country‚ but many Americans generally neglect this phrase. We often take our freedom for granted without understanding how our Founding Fathers fought for our liberty from Britain. As Americans‚ we should respect our country and the freedom and rights given to us. We shouldn’t take this for granted because so many people around the world are unfortunate to not have this gift that most of us

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    Unit 221

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    Unit 221 Use Office Equipment Outcome 1: know about different types of office equipment and its uses 1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3 Equipment | Used for | Features | Why use the Equipment | Fax Machine | Sending messages to another fax machine by a phone line. | Speed‚ Printer‚ Paper Cutter‚ Paper Feed‚ Autodialing. | A fax machine is used to send documents instantly to another fax machine through a standard telephone line. | Photo copier | Photo copying documents. | Scan‚ Copy‚ Print back to back

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    1. Why windows Server 2008 come in different versions? What is the significance of each version? Each Windows Server 2008 R2 edition provides key functionality to support any size business and IT challenge. Use the information below to decide which edition best meets your business needs. Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition is optimized for your large-scale virtualization of workloads that require the highest levels of scalability‚ reliability‚ and availability to support large‚ mission-critical

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    2.03a Patrick Henry 1. According to Patrick Henry‚ there was one basic question being debated at the Virginia Convention. "Give me Liberty‚ or give me Death!" is a famous quotation attributed to Patrick Henry. Patrick Henry made it very clear that if he did not have freedom‚ then he would rather die. 2. At the time‚ Patrick Henry did not trust the British. The British at the time did not treat the colonists fair. In his speech at the House of Burgesses‚ he continued to urge the legislature to take

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    Saint Patrick Saint Patrick was born in Kilpatrick‚ Scotland‚ in the year 387. His parents are Calphurnius and Conchessa. When Patrick was sixteen‚ he was carried off into captivity by Irish marauders and was sold as a slave to a chieftan named Milchu in Dalriada. In Dalriada‚ he tended his master’s flocks in the valley of the Braid and on the slopes of Slemish. When he was working the fields‚ he acquired a perfect knowledge of the Celtic tongue. His master was a druidical high priest‚ in which

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