Essay On Speech To The Virgina Convention

             Although most may only remember the "Speech in the Virginia Convention" by its quotable line "Give my liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry convinced the Virginia Convention to fight the British by use of sensory details, facts and statistics, examples, and his own options.
             First of all he convinced them by the use of sensory details. He used three forms of theses details for his speech, rhetorical questions, repetitions, and allusions. The first rhetorical question was "Has Great Britain any enemy, in this corner of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?" Bringing to the attention of the Convention that if Great Britain is not against us then why do they keep calling for navies and armies to be formed around us. The second rhetorical question was "What terms shall we find which have not been already Exhausted?" Meaning that what compromises and boundaries could they find to keep with Britain that they didn't already have and argue over. The third and final rhetorical question was "But when shall we be stronger?" Because he is asking them if we are not strong enough today then when will we be stronger?, he is showing them that, that was not a logical excuse for avoiding the war. Repetitions such as "Peace", "Let us fight", and "Let it come", are used for emphasis of his points. Because in the repetition of these subject matters he is showing that they are very important to the speech. Allusions in this speech are important because they made the convention see and relate other instances when situations similar to these arose and how they unfolded. Such allusions are like "Suffer not yourself be betrayed with a kiss. "Which is a "allusion" to the Bible in the story of Jesus when Judas betrayed him to the soldiers with a kiss. Like wise Henry is warning the colonists not to become ...

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