Edmentum: AP English Language and Composition Sem 1 (1.1.8Quiz: Analyze Rhetoric)

question 5

a mixture of pathos and logos

read this line from Patrick's henrys speech: "the next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! our brethren are already in the field! why stand we here idle?" "besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. there is a God who presides over the destinies of the nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us." "we have petitioned - we have remonstrated - we have supplicated - we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament."

excitement hope frustration

read the last line from Patrick henrys speech: "I know not what course others take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death" "sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on." "we are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth - and listen to the song of the siren till she transforms us into beats"

he uses parallelism to build pathos he uses metaphor to appeal to pathos he uses metaphor to appeal to pathos

the structural and rhetorical differences between paines and henrys works is likely because: what facts account for the differences between paines and henrys works? why are there some structural and rhetorical differences between paines and henrys work?

henery was a speech and pains was in a pamphlet one work was written for a live audience to hear and the other for citizens to read because pains work was meant to be read and henrys was meant to be heard

read this sentence from Common Sense: "in the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense." "jealousies will be always arising; insurrections will be constantly happening." "the more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture."

parallelism

read this excerpt from Common Sense: "No country on the globe is so happily situated, or so internally capable of raising a fleet as America. Tar, timber, iron, and cordage are her natural produce. We need go abroad for nothing." "Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, tis time to part." "I am not induced by motives of pride, party, or resentment to espouse the doctrine of separation and independence; I am clearly, positively, and conscientiously persuaded that it is the true interest of this continent to be so."

tar, timber, iron, cordage pleads, blood, slain, weeping, cries conscientiously, true interest of this continent

what is one strategy both patrick henry and thomas paine use in their works

the argument that the colonist have tried to peacefully pleaded with Britain emotional language to highlight how poorly Britain has treated them figurative language to illustrate the inevitability of war

both common sense and patrick henrys speech illustrate how to figurative and emotional language contribute to the authors purpose as well as the tone.

the authors purpose the tone figurative language

what is one reason that Thomas paine brings up the opposing argument that the colonies have done well under British control? what is one reason that Thomas paine brings up the opposing argument that the colonies have been well protected by the British?

to build ethos by showing he understands the other side AND to create an opportunity to disprove the argument to create a chance to prove his opponents wrong

what was the authors purpose in Common Sense? what was the authors purpose in patrick henrys speech? what was the authors purpose in Common Sense and patrick henrys speech?

to convince the colonist to fight for independence to show the colonist that war with Britain was their only option to convince the colonist to break away from British rule