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    In 1775‚ a group of people at the Virginia Convention listened to Patrick Henry speak on British rule and American lack of freedom. Some of these people agreed with Henry while others did not. In his speech to the Virginia ConventionPatrick Henry attempts to motivate his audience to take up arms and fight for their freedom by presenting the situation at hand and reminding the leaders that their previous efforts at attaining peace were ineffective. To confront the country’s leaders with their

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    Patrick Henry‚ one of the biggest speakers that convince the colonists that they want liberty and freedom. His famous quote said‚ “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!”(83). In the Virginia Convention‚ the continental congress are arguing about the coming of the british. Patrick Henry stands up and talk convincely that he admits that we have no peace in any solution‚ but to fight for our country’s rights. Patrick Henry convinced the colonists to go to war by using appeal of Logos and Pathos‚ and rhetorical

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    In his speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses‚ Patrick Henry tries to persuade the members that it is time to take up arms against the British. Targeting both the hearts and minds of his listeners through emotional and logical appeals‚ Henry uses rhetorical questions‚ figurative language‚ and repetition to convince them that it is time to take decisive action. Henry uses rhetorical questions to make them think of the decision they should make. Some of the rhetorical questions are “Why stand here

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    Patrick Henry Essay Through an extremely impassioned tone and expressive diction‚ Patrick Henry is more than successful in persuading his audience that war is the only option left in gaining independence. In Henry’s entire speech to the Virginia Convention‚ he remains strong‚ yet sensitive in how he interacts with his audience. He establishes himself as a Patriot through ethos and his persuasion to go to war only becomes stronger as his speech continues. To further emphasize and achieve his

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    of people was fighting for their freedom perseveringly. On 23rd. March‚ 1765‚ Patrick Henry‚ who is the leading lights of American Revolution‚ gave the speech in front of Virginian audience. He responded the oppressive against the control of British. he turned colonial ideas against negotiation with England and toward armed rebellion. Patrick Henry illustrates the themes of freedom in the speech to Virginia convention through the use of the statement that there is no middle ground between freedom

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    Darren Stapp Mr. Tyler MCM English III CP 19 September 2012 Speech in the Virginia Convention Paragraph “We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne; and we have implored its interoperation to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.” Towards the middle of the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry‚ he appeals to the audience’s sense of logic by implying that they have protested to Britain

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    Patrick Henry’s Speech Analysis In the speech‚ “Give Me Liberty‚ or Give Me Death‚” Patrick Henry set out to convince the VirginaVirginia delegates that war with England was inevitable and the longer they waited the harder the war would be to win. Patrick Henry displays immaculate persuasion skills that disarm his audience from favoring reconciliation with Britain. Henry uses rhetorical strategies‚ such as‚ allusions‚ parallelism‚ and repetition to captivate his audience and appeal to their emotions

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    murdered his best friend and countries leader‚ Brutus attempts to justify his crimes‚ as well as the crimes of the conspirators‚ during a speech to the Roman people. Brutus uses pathos-filled diction‚ calling the audience “Romans” to incite patriotism‚ “countrymen” to unite himself and his audience‚ and “lovers” as a term of endearment‚ further bringing him closer to the crowd. He starts his defense using parallelism‚ commanding to “Hear me… Believe me… [and] Censure me” and reversing his sentence

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    This can be exhibited in "Speech to the Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry ‚where Henry believes his country should fight for freedom against the British. He is calling on the patriots of Virginia to arm themselves in order to be prepared to fight.. The author encourages this message by using emotional appeals and literary devices. In the text‚ the author exposes the audience to prepare for war by conveying them to fight for their country. . Henry suggests that his country should fight for freedom

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    What do you think started the spark for the American Revolution? In the state of Virginia where all the great minds of the time met. Our forefathers where at a convention when a speaker of the name Patrick Henry speaks to the great patriots about what they should do about the war against Great Britain. The audience was full of patriots just like Henry that would die for their country in a heartbeat if it was needed to save their freedom and liberty. In a way to persuade the members of the Virginia

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