...Patrick Henry was one of the most persuasive Rationalist speakers during the Revolutionary war he used a lot of parallel structure talking about his experience. Patrick wrote “The speech of the virginia convention” about getting people on to his side so they can break away from Great Britain. In his speak he talks with emotion and ethics about his experience and what they can do to get away from Great Britain. In this essay it will explain more about how he was one of the most persuasive speakers. Patrick Henry was one of the most persuasive speakers by using lots of emotion and parallel structure to pull people in. Patrick talks about what he thinks and knows about his experience. He uses a lot of i have… i know.. I wish.. In his speech “speech to the virginia convention” he states “ i have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience.” (par 3) This quote is saying his feet are guided by his experience in the past. Patrick doesn’t know how to judge the future but by the past...
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...Patrick Henry’s Speech It is no secret that Patrick Henry was one of the most persuasive men of his time. In fact, his “Speech to the Virginia Convention” was not only his most famous, but also his most persuasive speech. Throughout this speech, there are many persuasive techniques, however, pathos is the most frequently used. Patrick Henry is attempting to persuade these men to stand up and fight against the British, and in order to do so, he had to use a very strong emotion to move these men. During his speech, Henry asks many rhetorical questions to really get his audience thinking. In one, he asks, “Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?” (Henry, 9). Before, in the leading...
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...The effectiveness of a speech depends on how the orator uses persuasive techniques. In The Speech in the Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry uses persuasive techniques of emotion and logic to urge colonists to fight for their independence from Britain. Emotion or pathos is a powerful technique that can enrage or calm the audience. Patrick Henry uses this idea effectively by trying to invoke the audience’s sense of fear and desire when he says “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!” The fear of being enslaved by the British makes the audience wary of all the cruel actions that have been done to the colonists by the British. The sense of desire for a life without chains...
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...In 1941 A speech was given by president roosevelt about how the U.S the speech was given during the time when japan was attacking them and hawaii. The speech was given at a sessional congress meeting. President roosevelt wanted to urge congress to declare war on japan. He did that using persuasive ideas and loaded words. One way roosevelt achieves his purpose is by persuading the congress about what japan has been doing around us and what it is destroying. It is through that it might cause more problems but we can stop the deaths of people and fight back and stand up for what's right. What roosevelt is trying to say “ japan has been bombing us and trying to start a war and over It is an act that is treacherous and requires some kind...
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...bright, blue eyes sparkle as he intently listens to the “inspiring” speech given by the Fuhrer, also known as Adolf Hitler, or to some as a vicious beast who snatched their lives right before their eyes. Fascinated by the words of the Fuhrer, the boy grew up being persuaded by Hitler’s bad intentions, his horrific ideas being engraved in the boy’s mind like initials in a tree. His mind being brainwashed by Hitler resulted in the boy becoming a powerful Nazi in the concentration camp of Auschwitz, the largest of all Nazi camps because of its size and large number of lives lost within the walls of this death camp. This shows that Hitler and others persuasive tactics guided by bad intentions lead to bad outcomes. Persuasion often involves manipulating other people, and for this reason many find the exercise...
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...“Mr. President, it is natural to a man to indulge in the illusion of hope” the words of Patrick henry. Why do I think it’s great because Patrick henry says in his quote that hope can be an illusion to a man under the British control. The time period around the Virginia speech was the colonial times. The people’s interests were inventing things and learning about science. Their desires were begin a country while their struggles were trying to be a free country and their fears were that their country where going down into flames. The Virginia speech by Patrick henry in 1765.the most effective persuasive technique was logos because he built into a lot of trust into the colonist he got a whole state into believing him. The reason why it was...
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...Both the Gettysburg Address and the “I Have A Dream” speech have the same purpose but different outcomes. They have the same type of appeals, purpose, and tone. Appeals are things like logos, pathos, and ethos. The purpose is why the speeches were written, and the tone is the mood or attitude of the speech. Lincoln’s and King’s speeches use different appeals. In The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln states, “ It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us.” This is an ethical appeal because it shows that the speaker is trustworthy and knowledgeable. On the contrary, King states in his I Have a Dream speech, “ This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of slaves who had been seared...
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...suffered through slavery. "It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity" He is describing the freedom after the many years of slavery. "the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination" He is saying that segregation and discrimination still bound African Americans to inequality to a society that promised equal opportunities" 2. If you were at the Mall in Washington in 1963, how do you imagine you would have felt after hearing this speech? What might you have been inspired to do? View the persuasive speech on ending child abuse in MyCommunicationLab. (student resources on left-Alternative Media-List of persuasive speeches-Mandatory Minimums If I were to hear this speech it would have definitely inspired me to fight 'to strive for the equality of African Americans. He would have moved me through that speech just from the passion and intensity he displayed when giving the speech. 3. How did she create cognitive dissonance? 4. What was her specific purpose? 5. Name and explain three areas for...
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...Patrick Henry and Benjamin Franklin are both persuasive politicians that spoke in the convention. Benjamin Franklin gave a speech about the constitution and about compromise. Patrick Henry gave a speech about the British control on the colonists lives and how they should fight and stand firm. These speeches both show that you should stand firm on your beliefs and not back down. They both express that they want what is best for the nation and want to unite. They are both very persuasive towards what they are appointing in their speeches. They want to obtain liberty and justice for this nation. They both show bravery and courage to stand firm in what they believe in. They both also stand by their opinions and don’t back down. In Patrick Henry’s...
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...are influenced by decisions made by anyone but us. Politics and political movements containing discourses could be listed under this category of decisions. It`s been a long while since public speakers are concerned with various dimensions of speech such as sounds, gestures, syntax, rhetoric, meanings, speech acts, moves, strategies and turns. In this paper our main focus is on the rhetoric of a speech. As we know where rhetoric is concerned we should inevitably deal with literature. In other words rhetoric is like a joint which connect literature with politics and establish a method of analyzing political speeches called polio-linguistic approach. Thus we can consider political discourses as pieces of literature. Literary techniques especially rhetorical devices serve as one of the most distinctive features of the greatest and most influential speeches of all time. There is no shortage of rhetorical devices used in these speeches, but we can prioritize them by count of repetitions in political discourses. In this study first I have represented the necessity of using these types of persuasive skills in political discourses, the methods within which politicians take advantages of these skills and the different sides of a successful speech. Then after a glance through different rhetorical devices, excerpts from four of the greatest speeches in history are provided with the rhetorical devices indicated in them. Finally a quite deep examination of the most important of these rhetorical...
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...An Interpretation of the Pleas of Mary Fisher Mary Fisher’s speech “A Whisper of AIDS” is, for all intents and purposes, a persuasive speech. She offers no information in the speech—only commentary. She does not offer a bevy of facts or numerical figures as she orates to the crowd (presumably the Republican Party, based upon the text of the speech), and she does not cite scientific studies. She talks about her experiences as a woman with HIV, and her observations of the world as it reacts to others who are infected with HIV or AIDS. She is trying to persuade her audience to be mindful of the issue at hand, essentially. Analyzing the speech won’t be too difficult as long as we have an operative understanding as to her rhetoric, which stems from an understanding of the rhetorical modes. John Locke offered my favorite definition of rhetoric: “[Rhetoric,] that powerful instrument of error and deceit.” It is important to bear this definition in mind as we survey anything. It is, perhaps, a very cynical way to look at the world—but only in being a skeptic can one avoid misinformation. With that in mind, what are the rhetorical modes? Bill Stifler wrote the following on the subject, which sums them up very well: “Rhetorical modes are patterns of organization aimed at achieving a particular effect in the reader. Narration and Description are modes whose primary purpose is stirring the reader's emotions. Process, Cause/Effect, Comparison/Contrast, Illustration, Definition, and...
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...Jamarcus Hillard Mr. Linder Oral Communication 14 January 2016 What is an American? Harold Ickes was successful in presenting his speech by using great rhetorical devices appealing to his audience logically, emotionally, and ethics. As I read Harold Ickes’s speech the words summed up the emotion of the time so perfectly. The time was when Hitler and the Nazi army was headed for world domination. His intents were to influence American citizen to unite as a country. Ethos is one factor in creating the appeals of Harold Ickes’ speech. "We should be clear on this point. What is convulsing the world today is not merely another old-fashioned war. It is a counter revolution against our ideas and ideals, against our sense of justice and our human values." Saying this, Ickes makes it not just a dispute between nations, but a fight between human morals, right and wrong. Ickes uses pathos in his speech to create feelings in the crowd that will make them a want to protect their nation. Ickes started the speech with intense language and ideas that are corrosive nearly insulting to the listeners. “Why have some of us been behaving like scared chickens?” he questions. “Scared chickens” causes the audience to hesitate. “For years it has been dinned into us that we are a weak nation; that we are an inefficient people; that we are simple-minded. For years we have been told that we are beaten, decayed, and that no part of the world belongs to us any longer.” These statements use pathos to cause...
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...“Give me liberty or give me death”. Patrick Henry was one of the founding fathers during the American Revolutionary time period in 1765. Henry was a lawyer, politician, and a public speaker. Henry’s huge roll in during the time period was trying to persuade the American colonies to revolt against england. America wanted to gain back their freedom and justice. The war than took place from 1775-1783 between Great Britain and the original 13 colonies. Patrick Henry uses pathos in his speech to convince the American colonies to fight back against the british. One of the most impactful persuasive technique that Henry used in his speech was using a rhetorical question. He uses this rhetorical question to have the audience feel guilty if they do...
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...The speech, “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” delivered on December 8, 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, discussed the pivotal circumstances the United States immediately required to unravel. President Roosevelt informed the vice-president, the Senate members, and the House of Representatives of the critical danger the country was facing due to the attack on a naval base. The Japanese intentionally planned the adversary that knocked Americans off their feet in 1941, and the president recognized the attack as intentional throughout his exhortation. Additionally, Frankly D. Roosevelt applies variety of techniques and tones to inform and argue to take caution and pride in the country. He purposely induces specific emotions and backs these emotions...
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...1861, the first month of the Civil War, Alfred M. Green gave a speech in Philadelphia. The goal was to persuade African Americans to prepare to enlist in the Army. He also used his platform to talk about the unfair ways the African Americans were being treated, not only in the South but also in the North. Green had to use a few different methods to persuade African Americans to enlist in the Army, while also speaking about the issues for which they had to deal. Green's main persuasive point is reminding his fellow African Americans what the United States was founded on “freedom, and of civil and religious toleration.”. By reminding his audience of the American ideology, Green hopes this convinces them of their need to go to war...
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