Persuasion In Patrick Henry's Speech To The Virginia Convention
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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 ....
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.... he arming of the
colonists against the British.
In order to support his "call to action" to the learned group of
men at the Virginia Convention, Henry had to provide substantial proof
endorsing his position. While an appeal to their emotions would rouse them
against the British for the moment, emotions are short-lived and their
endurance would depend on proof. Henry asks, "are fleets and armies
necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?" "what means this martial
array, if its purpose ....
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