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    war should be declared against Britain. At one of the meetings‚ Patrick Henry‚ an attorney and politician‚ gave a speech explaining his position on why the colonies should go to war. In his speech‚ Henry successfully applied the rhetorical strategies of metaphor‚ imagery‚ and repetition to convey his argument that a war against Britain was the only right course of action. At the Virginia Convention‚ Henry implemented various rhetorical strategies to convince the colonies to declare war on Britain

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    for many reasons. Patrick Henry is one example of a brave American‚ because he kept fighting for what he thought was right.We have a lot of examples of hard working Americans‚ in Walt Whitman’s poem he writes about how all Americans females ‚ males and children are hard working. Langston Hughes talks about equality with all Americans whether they are African‚ American‚ Chinese etc. The American Voice is characterized by the theme of bravery. This is demonstrated in Patrick Henry entitled “Give Me

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    In Patrick Henry’s Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought? (1788) He expresses deep concerns about the government’s ability to maintain its ideals over time. Henry starts off by saying “But how different is the genius of your new Constitution from this!” This statement begs the reader to question how long their current government will be maintained. He wants to show his worries about the future and what that would mean for others and himself. He is concerned about three things‚ the future of the loss

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    Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention * Henry warns patriots to lower their demands of the British‚ or else prepare themselves for a fight. * The direction of listeners are specifically members of the convention. * The speech’s occasion is a meeting/convention. * Henry’s tone is pleading. Paragraph 1 1.) Henry’s opening lines allow him to suggest the importance of patriotism as he say “no man thinks more highly than I do of patriotism.” With caution not to spike anybody with

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    Catholics‚ and Africans. At the time they were pushing for British liberty‚ slaves were being brought over from Africa. In Patrick Henry’s "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" (March 23‚ 1775)‚ he encourages war against the British. In his speech‚ Henry talks about the British soldiers duties‚ and that are there to protect the colonies‚ but instead‚ they are enforcing the law. Henry feels that

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    Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”: Rhetorical Analysis Essay Throughout Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech in 1775‚ the arguments about the unfair ways that the colonies were living through under the British were depicted in prolific and influential writing style. The ending of the British Crown’s exploitation of the thirteen colonies‚ as well as Patrick Henry’s and many other American colonist’s revolutionary ideas were encouraged and elaborated through

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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’s argument on declaring independence on Great Britain and going to war was an inspiring speech that has shined a new light on the subject of whether to declare independence or stay loyal to a country that has done us more harm than good and has ultimately led me to become a rebel. I have become a rebel for two main reasons‚ our petitions that they have not noticed were an attempt at peace and the mistreatment from the last ten years. To start‚ petitions had not been productive whatsoever

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    HAMLET On Claudius: “A little more than kin‚ a little less than kind” “Smiling‚ damned villain!” “Keeps wassail” “drains his draughts of Rhenish down” “remorseless‚ treacherous‚ lecherous‚ kindless villain!” “what‚ frighted with false fire!” On Polonius: “these tedious old fools” “i’ll lug the guts into the neighbour room” “you are a fishmonger” “thou wretched rash‚ intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous

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    In the literature given‚ there are multiple examples of rhetorical devices. Such devices are Ethos‚ Pathos‚ Logos‚ metaphors and more. The writer of the literature‚ Marian Evans Lewes‚ writes the passage for an American woman answering her question. Using the rhetorical devices enhances Lews’s point to answer the question. On lines 9-12‚ Lewe states: “What comes after‚ is rather the sense that the work has been produced within one‚ like offspring‚ developing and growing by some force of which one’s

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