...I find it ironic how Patrick Henry speaks about being slaves to the british and standing up for colonist’s beliefs in the late 1700’s. However Martin Luther King Jr. writes in his letter about being free from the same americans who have locked him up for his own beliefs. As skilled orators who have shaped America, Patrick Henry and Martin Luther King Jr. use similar and different rhetorical devices to convey the message they would like to get across. Patrick Henry and Martin Luther King both use rhetorical strategies like, repetition to make their words and the meaning behind them more effective, yet Patrick Henry seems to use more of an abundance of rhetorical questions to enforce his ideas than MLK. Henry and King have used rhetorical strategies...
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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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...torn apart, and taken away from you. This was happening to the residents of among the thirteen colonies in 1775. British soldiers were sailing across the sea by the boatload, and taking away everything the colonists knew and loved. Patrick Henry, however, was one man who stood above the rest, and was not willing to accept the tyranny of the British. Henry addressed what was known as the Virginia Convention, and gave what ended up being one of the greatest speeches of all time. Using rhetorical questions, repetition, symbolism, personification, allusion, and parallelism, Patrick Henry urged the members of the Virginia Convention and the citizens of every county in Virginia to fight back against the British and regain their freedom and hometown. One of the strongest and most often used rhetorical devices that Henry used was rhetorical question. Many of these questions were asked so the members of the Virginia Convention would better understand that they needed to go to war. Henry asked “Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?” Up until this point in time, the citizens of the colonies had been nothing but cooperative to the British. Even though the members of the Virginia Convention knew that British weren’t invading out of love, Henry asks this question to prove that they had done nothing wrong. Patrick Henry also states “Are we to oppose them? Shall...
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...Supplemental Security Income through Social Security are not required to pay a “spend down” for Medicaid (nysed.gov, 2014). In my essay I will be rendering an synopsize of the Pennies for Heaven Case Study. To include identifying the leader, the issue he faces, and what I believe to be the cause of the issue and evaluating how effective this leader is in the ability to build relationships within the organization; to encompass how well the leader manages professional responsibilities and priorities and how well this leader communicates and resolve the issues. In the case study Pennies from Heaven Patrick Ulmer who would be the new Director of the state Department of Health and Human Services in two more weeks had been recruited from out of state and just arrived to meet with the governor and other cabinet members. Around lunchtime he sat next man named Henry Walsh, who was a “Social Services Field Officer”. While sitting there he overheard Henry’s conversation. The conversation conveyed that Henry allowed an elderly women, who won up to $1500 dollars in bingo to omit a “spend down” which is basically the process an individual possess in order to qualify for Medicaid. Henry goes on to say that he essentially he did the older woman a favor because if it had put...
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...Patrick Henry 1. According to Patrick Henry, what is the basic question being debated at the Virginia Convention? Patrick Henry says it is “nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery.” 2. What reasons does Henry offer to suggest that the British were not worthy of trust at that time? His main reason was that the British were building a military that he believed was to be used against America. 3. What argument does Henry provide against the notion that the colonies are too weak to fight the British? He says that God has given America what it needs to fight and that America will win if they use what they have been given. He says that America wants to believe that everything is fine. 4. What is Henry implying when he says that he is loyal to "the majesty of heaven...above all earthly kings"? What tone (manner in which an author expresses his attitude) does this statement hold? This means that he is loyal to God over anyone else. His tone is humble and respectful. 5. Why are Henry's final words so effective and memorable? Those words have been used several times over the years and have become a symbol of our country. To die instead of having freedom is a very powerful notion. 6. A rhetorical question is a question posed to emphasize a point, not for the purpose of getting an answer. Henry uses this device extensively throughout his speech. Find one example in the speech, quote it and explain what point he is emphasizing with those particular...
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...Patrick Henry an upright political leader made a speech, boldly influencing colonists to have an armed confrontation with England. His speech was successful because of the way he was able to move his audience. The use of rhetorical devices such as parallelism, restatement, repetition, and rhetorical questions emphasized his key points, which made his speech memorable. Parallelism was achieved in Henry’s speech by making the listeners feel included in one large cause. By saying “ If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending, if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been engaged…” Henry uses the most uplifting example of parallelism. The repeating grammatical structure helps show how professional, and prepared he was. This structure helps his audience remember what he says, which makes it more persuasive....
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...Patrick Henry's Biblically Charged Speech Patrick Henry utilizes advance oratory skills, and various literary devices to illustrate his "Give me Liberty or give me death!" speech to members of the Virginia legislature. Henry possesses an impressive ability to speak to the hearts of men. His fiery passion combined with biblical passages outline a common theme that implies God sanctions his cause. Henry uses metaphors to invoke prevocational images to give his words life, and foreshadowing to allude what is to come if decisive actions are not taken. Henry and many representatives in the Virginia legislative were slave owners. This encourages Henry to utilize slavery to instill fear and anger in these proud men because the mere thought of being considered a slave is unconscionable. In the beginning of his speech, Henry very respectfully presents his argument to the president and the legislature at the second Virginia Convention. His challenge is to present abundantly radical ideas without alienating his audience as Henry states, "...no man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism." Some regarded him as non-patriotic because of his far-reaching ideas with respect to the parliament, King George III, and his position on going to war with England. Henry eloquently continues to address them by utilizing metaphors hoping to invoke logic and emotional responses. This is evident as Henry states, "...different men often see the same subject in different lights." ...
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...In the late 1700´s Patrick Henry delivered a speech called ¨Give Liberty Or Give Death¨ in Virginia in which he asked to fight back against Britain that had been defecting on promises of helping their citizens with all their needs for a long time. Henry was able to persuade the men around him to believe that the United States’ liberty was a cause worth fighting for. Throughout his speech, he appealed to the emotions of his audience giving it some diction and allusions. Henry used a lot of emotional appeals through diction during his speech in order to persuade more and more his audience. At the beginning of his speech, he captured the attention of the people in the convention by saying “Should I keep back my opinions at such a time through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country’’ (line 15). This authorative tone made the audience fearful and anxious about what he was going to say. The emotional appeals in this speech are also formed with the use of figurative language which made his diction different from the usual. The audience can see this when he said, “We must fight! I repeat it sir, we must fight!”. His use of repetition and hyperbole emphasized that no matter what they will fight and they should be prepared. Also Henry took advantage of the feelings of his audience by using rhetorical questions, for example, in line 23 he asked that if the citizens should act like those who have eyes and don’t see, have ears and...
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...performance standards is a key element in the leading function of the management process. The function of controlling entails calculating performance and taking action to guarantee results (Schermerhorn, 2011, p. 11). Background I chose to interview three managers of different management levels. The first manager is Valerie; she is a mid-level manager in the department of payroll. Valerie works for a government agency, the U.S. Postal Service, which has over 600,000 employees in total. Valerie has 22 employees who report directly to her. The next manager I interviewed was Katie; she is a lower-level manager in the department of Customer Service. Katie works for a transportation trolling service, called MNpass, which is ten years old. Katie has three employees who work directly under her. The last manager I interviewed was Patrick, an executive manager of operations and anything non-sales related. Patrick works for a digital signage software and advertising sales company, titled REACH, which employs 50 people and is over ten years...
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...Career Development Plan Part II - Development of Training and Mentoring Program HRM 531 October 6, 2010 Career Development Plan Part II - Development of Training and Mentoring Program InterClean has completed the staff selection process and the new sales team has been announced. The next step in moving toward the projected goals as outlined by the strategic plan is training of the selected employees. The concept associated with training is training will improve performance. This improvement will be evident in the actions of the selected employees. Trained employees will display learned changes in knowledge, skills, attitudes, and social behavior (Cascio, 2005). InterClean has accessed the training needs of the outside sales representatives and has outlined a comprehensive training and development plan that each employee in the sales department will be required to complete. Training and Mentoring Needs In order for this to be a successful proper training and mentoring must be given to the new sales team. When adjusting to a new company, employees must be willing to behave in a new way. Training will provide necessary but innovative ideas for employees. Training consists of planned programs designed to improve performance of the individual, group, and organizational levels (Cascio, 2005). A new training plan is essential after the transition to allow the employees to operate as a team. Training will allow the formation of new relationships among employees, and these...
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...Amendment gives citizens the individual right to own firearms, as gun advocates have long insisted- suddenly reversed itself and ruled that the individual ownership of handguns was illegal, there would be no practical way for a democratic country to locate and seize those guns” (Goldberg 2). Keeping citizens safe by reducing crime, “background checks which are conducted by licensed gun shops have stopped almost one million people from buying guns at these stores since 1998. No one knows, of course, how many of these people gave up their search for a gun, and how many simply went to a gun show or found another way to acquire a weapon” (Goldberg 2). Increasing gun regulation benefits all Americans by controlling who buys and receives weapons, keeping citizens safer by reducing crime and protecting the 2nd amendment....
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...The proponents of federation are often called federalists (Turner, 2004.pp.105-153). The term anti-federalism defines a movement that is against the establishment of a powerful U.S. federal government and which further went against the approval of the Constitution of 1787. More authority was offered to the state governments in last constitution which is named as the Articles of Confederation. That constitution was led by Patrick Henry of Virginia, it made Anti-Federalists concerned about the position of president and about a novelty that has the possibility to change into a monarchy (Siemers, 2004.pp.213-245). The establishment of the Constitution involved detailed discussions and cooperation, and it was observed at its completion that there were still some delegates who did not seem to be satisfied with it. The main task of setting up the concerns of Confederate government had not accomplished yet; it was the responsibility for each state to approve or authorize the Constitution. People were actually divided into two different groups, known as the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Both of them had a worth examining perspective based on sound reasoning (Turner, 2004.pp.105-153). It was supposed to be the main...
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...Washington on 12/17/2012 12:36 -0500 Preface: I was raised to be against guns. My parents hated guns, and believed that they only lead to crime and to accidental shootings. Raised in a blue state, I had the stereotype that militias were made of crazies … and so the “right to bear arms” as part of a “well-regulated militia” seemed like a nutty anachronism. And I have long been deeply influenced by leading voices for non-violence, such as Gandhi and King. So – Until recently – I was pro gun-control. As such, I understand that gun control arguments very well. Gandhi and the Dalai Lama Were AGAINST Gun Control I was surprised to learn that two of the best-known promoters of nonviolence in history were not opposed to guns. Indeed, Mahatma Gandhi taught that we must first be brave enough to use guns to defend ourselves, and only then can we be qualified to use non-violent methods. For example, Gandhi wrote in his book, An Autobiography (page 446): Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest … if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. As Gandhi wrote in Doctrine of the Sword: I do believe that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence I would advise violence. *** When my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should...
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...language Ireland Portal v · d · e The first known settlement in Ireland began around 8000 BC, when hunter-gatherers arrived from continental Europe, probably via a land bridge.[1] Few archaeological traces remain of this group, but their descendants and later Neolithic arrivals, particularly from the Iberian Peninsula, were responsible for major Neolithic sites such as Newgrange.[2][3] On the arrival of Saint Patrick and other Christian missionaries in the early to mid-5th century AD, Christianity began to subsume the indigenous Celtic religion, a process that was completed by the year 600. From around AD 800, more than a century of Viking invasions brought havoc upon the monastic culture and on the island's various regional dynasties, yet both of these institutions proved strong enough to survive and assimilate the invaders. The coming of Cambro-Norman mercenaries under Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, nicknamed Strongbow, in 1169 marked the beginning of more than 700 years of direct Norman and, later, English involvement in Ireland. In 1185, Prince John Lackland was created Lord Of Ireland Ireland by Pope Alexander III. The Crown did not begin an attempt to assert full control of the island until after the Henrician schism with Rome, and subsequent Reformation,...
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...“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.”(Madison, 1787) The Federalists, writing under the pseudonym Publius, advocated a strong central government in the new nation. They argued against the Anti-Federalist writers like Brutus, whose ideas of an effective government resided with stronger state governments. Both views of the Federalists and the Anti-federalists were justified in unifying the newly emancipated American colonies. While there is much debate on who theoretically won the political battle that resulted in the ratification of the constitution in 1789, it is clear that the modern American government no longer represents James Madison ideals of a balanced federal...
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