Patrick Henry Speech English

How does Patrick Henry say he judges the future?

He judges the future by the past. "I know no way of judging the future and that is by the past"(Logos).

Cite Five Rhetorical Questions and Analyze each one's purpose

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at teh price of chains and slavery?"-They were trying to make peace instead of going to war. "I ask gentleman, sir waht means martial array if its purpose be not force us to submission?" "Can gentleman assign any possible motibve for it?" "Has great Britian any enemy in this quarter of the world?" "Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?"

Quote one example each of Patrick Henry's use of Ethos. Quote the lines where Patrick Henry Appeals to the audience's ethics, or quote where Henry shares what he and the statesmen respect in common. Quote lines that show he respects what his listeners would respect.

"Should i keep back my opinions at such a time through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself guilty of treason against my country and disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven. Shows his care for the country and his concern that people are trying to avoid war and only seek peace. This is how Henry will prove that war is the only option.

Quote one example each of Patrick Henry's use of Pathos. Quote the lines where Patrick Henry evokes pity or emotion in the statesmen.

"The question before the house is one of awful moment to the country. "I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst and provide for it." Shows his care for his country.

Cite Two Examples of Restatement and Analyze each one's purpose

"They tell us sir, that we are weak-unable to cope with so formidable an adversary." "I have but one lamp by which feet are guided and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging the future but by the past."

Quote one example each of Patrick Henry's use of Logos. Quote lines that show Patrick Henry's step by step plan or his example of "how his ideas work"

"Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible (unbeatable) by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, we shall not fight our battles alone, there is a just God who provides...."(How Patrick Henry's plan will work)

Cite Two Examples of Parallel and Analyze each one's purpose

"We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplocated overselves before the throne." "Our petitions have been slighted, our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne."

Cite Two Examples of Repetition and Analyze each one's purpose.

"We must fight, I repeat it sir, we must fight." "The war is inevitable and let it come. I repeat it sir, let it come."

Why does Henry believe that compromise with the British is not a workable situation?

Compromise is not a workable solution because the British have responded to the previous of the Colonists with with increased repression or loss of power. "Has Great Britian any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of armies and navies?" 'Our remonstrances have produced additional violence."

What does Henry say is the reason for the military buildup in America? What course of action must the colonists take?

He believes that the purpose of the British military buildup is to force the colonists into submission. "They (fleets of ships) are meant for us sir, they can be meant for no other." They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which The British Minister have been so long forging." The colonists must go to war.

To what does Henry compare the colonists' situation?

He compares the colonists situation to slavery. "There is no retreat but into submission and slavery." "Our chains are forged."

How does Patrick Henry answer the objection that the colonists are not ready to fight?

Henry answers the objection by saying if they delay war, they will give the British time to build up their firces. He disputes the charge that the colonists are weak.

Hypothesize why Henry begins by stating his opinions of the previous speakers.

Henry gains the respect of the previous speakers by complimenting them. "No man thinks more highly than I do of patriotism as well as the abilities of the very worthy gentleman who have just addressed the house." (Ethos) Gains their respect and attention by complimenting them.

parallel

a group of ideas written or spoken in the same grammatical structure

Rhetorical Question

a question used to make an audience think

Restatement

repeating the same ideas in different words

Repetition

repeating the same ideas in the same words