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Speech To The Virginia Convention Classwork

This document provides a worksheet for analyzing Patrick Henry's famous "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech to the Virginia Convention. The worksheet asks students to identify examples of logical, emotional, and ethical appeals in the speech, as well as a metaphor used. It also asks students to identify three rhetorical questions from the speech and explain their persuasive purpose. Finally, it prompts a comparison of elements between Henry's speech and Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

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Speech To The Virginia Convention Classwork

This document provides a worksheet for analyzing Patrick Henry's famous "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech to the Virginia Convention. The worksheet asks students to identify examples of logical, emotional, and ethical appeals in the speech, as well as a metaphor used. It also asks students to identify three rhetorical questions from the speech and explain their persuasive purpose. Finally, it prompts a comparison of elements between Henry's speech and Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

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SpeechtotheVirginiaConventionClasswork

Youwillhavetheremainingtimeinclasstocompletethisactivityinsmallgroups.This
worksheetisdueBYTHEENDOFTHEHOUR.

I.
IdentifyandEXPLAINoneofeachofthe3appealsofpersuasionusedinHenrys
speech.
A. Logical

B. Emotional

C. Ethical

II.
IdentifyandEXPLAINoneMETAPHORusedbyHenrytodescribethecomingwar
betweenthecolonistsandtheBritish.

III.
Henryusesrhetoricalquestionsinhisspeech.IdentifyTHREE(3)rhetoricalquestions
usedbyHenry.Whydoesheusethistechnique?Howdoesthistechniquemakethis
speechmorepersuasive?

IV.

CompareHenrysspeechtoJonathanEdwardsSinnersintheHandsofanAngryGod.

ElementsoftheSpeech

Edwards

Henry

Speakerspurposeand
audience

Mainideaofthespeech

Howdoeseachspeakeruse
(ornotuse)theThree
AppealsofPersuasion?

Useofrhetoricalquestions
andotherliterarydevices

Overalleffectiveness

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