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Persuasion in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention
Persuasion is a form of speaking or writing that aims to move an
audience to take action. The speaker must not only win the audience's
agreement, but push them to execute the appropriate task. Patrick Henry's
Speech to the Virginia Convention is one of the most powerful examples of
persuasion of that time period. It is Henry's mastery of the persuasive
elements s ....
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.... "what means this martial
array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission?" By using the
literary device of the rhetorical question, Henry attempts to pull his
audience into his speech and show how obvious the need for the colonists to
arm themselves against the British was. Not only did Henry have to provide
evidence that opposing the British forces was absolutely necessary, but he
had to refute the arguments for peace made by his fellow Convention members. ....
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