Patrick Henry

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Patrick Henry

• Read his biography on page 99.

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Speech to the Virginia Convention

• Read the speech as we listen to it.
• Look for how Henry is trying to persuade his
  audience
• What is he appealing to ethos, pathos, logos
• What techniques is he using?

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• ETHOS ETHICS

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• PATHOS EMOTION

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• LOGOS LOGIC

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Techniques

• Repetition, parrallelism
• Rhetorical Questioning
• Comparisons metaphors, similes, analogies

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Speech to the Virginia Convention

• Read the speech as we listen to it.
• Look for how Henry is trying to persuade his
  audience
• What is he appealing to ethos, pathos, logos
• What techniques is he using?

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Concessions

• Concession admitting or acknowledging the other
  side as having a true, just, or proper argument
• Example The Yankees are the best team in
  baseball, and they are going to win the World
  Series, even though the Mets have the best
  pitching staff this year.
• Concession is that another team (Mets) have a
  better pitching staff than the Yankees

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Refutations

• Refutation Denial of the truth/accuracy of the
  other side. Concession But, However,
  Although
• Example The Yankees are the best team in
  baseball and are going to win the World Series.
  The Mets have a better pitching staff this year,
  but the Yankees are undefeated against the Mets,
  so will still win in the playoff.
• I conceded that the Mets have a better pitching
  staff, but refuted that evidence by also adding
  that the Yankees have only won against that team,
  negating this concession
• Disclaimer All Sports Metaphors are the product
  of Ms. Gs mind, and while she is opinionated,
  none of the stats explained here are factual
  (except the Yanks winning The Seriesthats true)

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Refutations

• Opponents argue that British have innocent
  motives for building up their military.
• Henry argues that they do not have any enemies in
  this part of the world other than the colonies

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Refutations

• Opponents argue that they should try to negotiate
  with the British
• Henry argues that they already have and that all
  of the petitions have been spurned by the British

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Credits

• Patrick Henry picture comes from
  http//orrinwoodward.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives
  /2007/11/27/3378097.html