After completing the rhetorical analysis (writer's notebook/ note format) for Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention", write a one paragraph (300 words) analysis of Henry's overall tone.
The tone of Patrick Henry’s speech titled “Speech in the Virginia Convention” can be broken down into five separate parts. The first part is diction; Henry’s diction can be seen as polite and powerful. This can be seen in the way he uses polite phrases like gentlemen and worthy. Both these two words convey a feeling of politeness. Although he he does have a polite word choice, he also uses powerful words in order to evoke emotions. The words that he uses to display this are insidious and submission. Both these examples of powerful words help to convey Henry’s emotions. The next part that helps in describing the tone of this piece can be seen in Henry’s imagery. Henry tries to use frightful imagery in order to draw the reader in. This can be seen when he talks of the vast British fleets and the redcoats. These images help to both instill fear into the reader and draw their attention. The third part that helps in describing the tone of this passage can be seen in the details of the speech. Henry tries to use morals and ethics in order to make his idea seem correct. This can be seen in the way he describes all of the action that we took in order to prevent conflict, and he also goes on about how the Americas keep on appeasing the king, This in turn further keeps his argument logical. the fourth way that Henry’s tone can be described can be by looking at the language he used. Henry used a concrete type of language in order to get his point across. Examples of this language can be seen when he addresses the assembly in a way that is polite, but at the same time is to the point. The last part that describes Henry’s tone can be seen in his syntax. Throughout this speech he uses exclamation marks to convey his emotionally charged words. This in turn adds to the overall feel of the speech, and it also makes it seem more lively. Overall, the tone of this piece is accusatory. This can be seen in the way that he is to the point and suggests a problem that needs to be dealt with.
The introduction and the closing aspects of the paragraph are perfection. They both completely introduce and wrap up the piece. The body also has a lot of detail to each feature that pulls the whole writing together. Great work.
Patrick Henry’s tone in this speech is one of a necessity and one of confidence. His tone can be classified as necessity because he makes his audience seem as if they need to start fighting the British right now. He makes it seem like taking up arms is necessary. He got across his point of necessity profoundly. He asked rhetorical questions to help develop the tone of necessity. He asks many questions throughout the speech to develop the tone of obvious necessity. He is practically asking questions of the people of the convention that can be answered easily because necessity is vital to life. Necessity is in his words, for example he chooses to use explanation points to get his point across. His point is that taking up arms against the British is completely and utterly necessary for everyone. Confidence can be defined as speaking what you know in a manner of shear trust and utter belief. Patrick Henry’s tone can also be classified as confidence. His demeanor is shown throughout the speech in his word choice. No man without confidence would ever say something such as,”I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience” (101). Confidence can sum up that quote. Henry is confident in what he is doing and how he is going on throughout his life. He is extremely confident in his experience, so much so, that he accepts it as guidance to him. Henry also uses a tone of confidence in his final paragraph of the speech. He uses many punctuation marks other than periods. He uses a lot of question marks and explanation points that show how confident he is in delivering this speech. As Henry was delivering this speech he was probably standing tall and looking self-assured. This is very evident in the speech.
I enjoyed that you talked about the use of rhetorical questions, as the speech was full of them, and I agree that the tones of necessity and confidence were important in the speech. Overall you analysis is very well written.
I found that your tone analysis of Henry's speech was thoughtful and articulate. I particularly enjoyed your examples used, and I also think that they compliment the analysis overall ideas. The next thing that I enjoyed was your impeachable grammar. Even though you had a solid analysis, the only 'bad' thing about this analysis is that you did not touch base with his polite attitude that occurs throughout Henry's speech. Overall, I think that your analysis of Henry's tone was fantastic.
I enjoyed that you talked about the use of rhetorical questions, as the speech was full of them, and I agree that the tones of necessity and confidence were important in the speech. Overall you analysis is very well written.
Henry’s overall tone in his speech “Speech in the Virginia Convention” can be seen as angry, but at the same time he stays respectful. He uses powerful words like insidious, betrayed, resistance, and disarmed to describe how he feels about the current situation with Great Britain. He also talks about war preparations and being invaded by the British to stress how serious the situation is. The main phrase of the speech that truly shows his anger is the famous line “give me liberty or give me death”. This line sums up his stance on the situation as well as shows his angry tone that he displays in this speech. To stay respectful while doing this Henry first addresses the speakers who went before him saying that “No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house”. This way he can oppose what these men just said, without totally disrespecting them. A good reason for Henry to use an angry tone for his speech would be to empower his fellow patriots to take action, and support him in his actions against Great Britain. Henry also uses some logical tone when he talks about how if all three million people in the colonies work together, they can beat anyone. Although this may stretch the truth a little, it is very truthful that the people of the colonies have the capacity to defeat the British. He also says that the war is inevitable, which would be another logical reason to start the war, because it is going to happen anyways. At the same time this section is empowering the people to take action. Knowing that they have a god chance of winning would persuade people to join Henry’s cause.
I would agree with your two tones you established for the speech. I am also very proud of your use of capitalizing, I think I only saw one error. Yay for Miles, you go buddy. I liked how you really went into detail about how you decided that these were Henry's tones and you used many references to the text and specific quotes. Overall you did analyzed it very nicely and I agree with a lot of the points you made.
Henry’s overall all tone in this speech was sarcastic yet objective. He uses a lot of rhetorical questions in his speech which kind of make him sound sarcastic or sort of mocking on the people in the Virginia Convention because he already knows the answer to the questions, but he is just saying them to state a fact. So in a way there is a tone of being factual because he is addressing the President and you want to be formal and factual when you give the President information about yourself and your people. He is a man that has a lot of knowledge and many people are willing to listen to him which helps him because he can get through his multiple points he wants to talk about without losing any of his audience because they know that he will be saying something intelligent. He is objective in his speech by using precise words that really describe his topics well and by doing that he really gets his points across to the President and drives them into the brains of the readers or listeners that were either at the speech or reading it. An example of Henry’s rhetorical questions were, “Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?” and “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?” These were good rhetorical questions because he was saying what everybody in the room was thinking while they were listening to the speech and then he put it into a question that they wouldn’t even have to think about to know the answer because there really isn’t a specific answer. Everybody had there own answer to each of those questions. He got his objects out for the people study and he gave facts to support them and used a formal way of speech to address the President.
You used thoughtful examples that related very well back to your tone. You also explained how he goes into the speech a step ahead. It made it easier to understand how Henry was trying to prove his point.
The overall tone in Henry’s speech “Speech in the Virginia Convention” is anger or disappointment and rational. His tone can be placed under the category of anger or disappointment because of how he speaks of how they are not doing anything in order to fight against the British. He suggest to fight them now in order to get a head start. No one seems to be listening to him and the only way to get his point across seems to be through anger in his tone. He uses words such as insidious and betrayed. He portrays anger in this speech, but does it in a reverent way. This speech can also be told as rational in tone. Henry does use harsh language and may be accusing the audience of not performing the right acts, but he makes his arguments clear. Although his points may seem harsh, he is rational. He bases his speech off of facts, and he proves to the audience that he is right. The main point he is trying to get across is that taking action against the British is entirely essential for anyone and everyone. Henry says, “give me liberty or give me death!” (103). He is rational with this saying, because he is speaking for most of the United States. If they can not have liberty within their own country, then why would they want to live? Henry is rational with this argument because it is a logical thing to say. Overall, the tone of this speech is rational and angry or disappointment. Henry fights for the liberty of the American people. He portrays the fact that the British is a problem that needs to be handled sooner than later before it is too late.
I agree with what you said Henry's main point was because that is what he focused on in his speech. I think that, other than a few grammatical errors, your response is very well written and thought out.
Patrick Henry’s overall tone in, “Speech in the Virginia Convention” was forthright. A few aspects helped me to determine the tone including the diction, the use of imagery, the language, and the syntax. The diction, or word choice, that Patrick Henry uses is very formal, straight forward, and exciting in order to keep the listeners’ attention. He wanted the people he was speaking to agree with him, but they would not listen to what he had to say if he spoke blandly. Patrick Henry wanted his peers to respect what he was saying because he used elevated language to sound like he knew what he was talking about. He used words like insidious, remonstrance, and supinely in his speech. Patrick Henry used imagery when he talked about the war in the last paragraph in order to make people think they had something to fight for and to be able to visualize fighting for their country’s freedom from Great Britain. Henry says that the war is inevitable to try and convince people that fighting is the only option as if it is a fact, even though it is Henry’s own opinion. He uses his imagery to get his point across that they need to get their freedom from Great Britain. The language that Patrick Henry uses is formal because he wants to be taken seriously but still have an effect on the thinking of the people to whom he is speaking. He uses references and phrases to show that he is educated and respectful, including “sir”, allusions to the Bible, and a great deal of elevated language. Henry’s syntax in his speech includes numerous rhetorical questions and long sentences. This shows that he wants to inform the listener and at the same time keep them thinking. His rhetorical questions make the listener question how to go about things regarding an impending war. The long sentences provide Henry’s opinion on the events of the past and present in the colonies. Over all, Henry used all of these facets to create an honest, direct tone.
This was a well written response. I agreed with how you said he was trying to convince people that fighting was the only option. You also explained your examples. Very thought out!
I definitely agree that Patrick Henry's speech was straight forward and to the point. I like how you made a reference to his allusions containing the Bible because I didn't catch that.
Your response supports the tone that you chose to describe the passage and used detailed points to create a sound argument. The examples given uphold the claims made.
In the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry he expresses his feelings for the war and why to fight or not. Doing so he used many elements to create a tone. He used strong elevated language including supplication, subjugation, comports, indulge, and obtained. These words reflects the tone and supports the idea of the tone. There was repetition about the main points which were how he wanted to have justice or fight for the justice. He repeated the idea of this so that the importance can be realized. The men said that they had peace but Henry believed there was no peace if equality was not being fulfilled. The tone for this speech was formed by the way he portrayed his ideas. When Henry said that there was no peace, he showed the seriousness of his arguments and what he believed was right. Liberty was important for him but he knew that it would take more than wanting to make it happen and he knew death and hardship would have to come along with that. The diction of this speech was very effective words that can show how serious he was. He used big and abstract words like the ones said above. The images that it created as a reader was a man in front of people telling about his opinion. The details from this passage presented examples of what having no peace can do, which was kill, lock people up, and be loss for families. This way he tried to grab the attention of the readers and make it personal. The language is extremely formal because of it being a speech and he wanted to be serious. Especially when he says Sir throughout the speech. From these elements, the overall tone was persuasive because he was trying to persuade the people to agree with him and understanding why they should all want peace.
I agree with your idea that Henry repeatedly expressed his belief that something had to be done and that he knew it would take more than him just wanting things to change to get change to actually happen. I liked the overall idea of your analysis quite a bit, it was very well thought out.
The overall tone of Patrick Henry in “The Speech in the Virginia Convention”is passionate yet still professional. It can be proven using five different elements of writing: diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax. The diction of this work was very respectful, but was still packed with emotional words like insidious, submission, inaction, and accentuate which show his strong emotions about the subject at hand. Henry’s imagery conveys the image of the near future where we decide not go to war with the British and they gain full control over our lives. This technique scares the listeners and makes his point more airtight. This is a scary image, but it is one that Henry believed was necessary to prove his point. The details of the speech can be broken down into different sections. Henry starts by endorsing the idea of true freedom, but then falls into the truth that they are not truly free men yet. He goes on explaining that we have waited long enough to stand up to the British and that nothing is going to change until we do. This shows Henry was trying to be reasonable, but at some point had to morally put his foot down and say it’s now or never. Henry’s writing has a certain precise feel to his language, he doesn't like to dance around an idea he makes sure that he gets to the point to show how much he cares about the situation. Henry’s syntax for the most part a run on of ideas mixed with a bunch of rhetorical questions. Henry wanted to make his point clear and speak how he truly felt on the subject and after the idea had been established he used his numerous rhetorical questions to nail the emotional aspect of the idea in. Patrick Henry wrote “The Speech in the Virginia Convention” with an abundance of passion, but still upheld his professionalism that all good writers should have.
Patrick Henry’s overall tone in his speech that urged colonists to fight for independence is argumentative, yet motivational. He argued that the Virginia House members raise an army that would fight against the British army. Henry puts in perspective the men who spoke before him that day in the House, the men that argued against staged a war against the British, and those who complimented his ideas of creating an army to fight. By Patrick Henry calling out the men, he gains the audience’s attention and starts controversy within the crowd to obtain their opinions of his claim. He becomes argumentative, or in some cases demanding, by telling the audience what they need to do to obtain freedom. He argues against the men that aren’t for violence by supporting his claim with rhetorical questions. The use of rhetorical questions in his speech is to grasp the audience’s attention and to make them think, especially when Patrick Henry says, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?” (103) This describes the pain and suffering the people could go through if they don’t fight for their independence and it also explains the risk. Henry is a motivational speaker because he believes in freedom, independence, and fighting for individuals rights. He motivates the colonists to stand up for their rights and to persuade them to fight because that’s what Henry wants for his country. Patrick Henry’s diction is precise and clear to the audience in order for his argument to forcefully make the people attentive to what he has to say. The style of his speech is formal, which explains how blunt and confident he is when creating his argument. The use of periods conveys a serious tone and the use of question marks portrays his knowledge on the subject of which he is trying to make known to the audience. Patrick Henry’s speech contained a multitude of descriptions for tones, and with that he managed to maintain a speech that flowed consistently.
I agree with how you said that he was argumentative and motivational because he was arguing over the idea of war with the British and was motivating the Americans and Virginia House members to begin raising an army because war was inevitable. Well thought out, clear, and concise.
In Patrick Henry’s “Speech at the Virginia Convention”, his overall tone seems to be one of impatience, frustration, and conviction. In the beginning the of the speech, he keeps things respectful toward the president, not wanting to offend him. After that Henry is not afraid to voice his opinion. As he says in the speech, “Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself guilty of treason toward my country…”(101). Henry shows conviction throughout his speech, almost in every line. He has no doubt or fear of anything. Henry does not want to be connected to Great Britain; he wants America to put up a fight for their independence, not to just give in. Henry's last lines, “ give me liberty or give me death!(103), show that he is proud of what he represents and that he is not going down easy. Henry's words also seem to have a sense of urgency in them. He talks about battle with Britain as though it is bound to happen at some point. He might want people to feel pressured in having to make a decision. One way that Henry shows frustration could be the rhetorical questions he puts out. He has answers for all of them and doesn't seem to be too happy with most of them. An example could be when he says, “And what have we to oppose them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing”(102). Henry wants more out of the people making the big decisions. He has ideas, but needs the support of the people. Henry uses very strong words to make his point and to make people believe him. His use of big words make him appear to be very knowledgeable, as I am sure he was. Henry was able to make a big impact through this speech.
I like how you used examples to explain what his tone was in this speech. I think the overall idea of what his tone is, is accurate and including the rhetorical questions helped me understand his tone more fully.
The tone of the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” given by Patrick Henry can be summarized by three words: accusatory, indignant, and persuasive. Henry is accusatory because he is saying that the British had wronged the colonists in America. He is accusing the King of being tyrannical towards the colonists. He is also indignant because he is angry that the King is unfairly taxing colonists and has wronged them in other ways. He is being persuasive because he is trying to convince the colonists the join the fight for freedom against Britain. He uses rhetorical devices like logos, ethos, pathos, elevated language, rhetorical questions, and parallelism through the speech to help his persuasion. He uses logos by saying that the war is inevitable, which was a fact by this point, and by listing how the British King had wronged the colonists. Ethos is present more throughout because he talks about God and makes allusions to the Bible. Freedom and liberty are shared moral values that contribute to ethos. The fact that Henry is well known and revered throughout the Virginia colony as a politician also helps aid his persuasion of fighting the British and the King for liberty and freedom to become an independent nation. Pathos is the most notable appeal to the readers. He uses emotive words to change the opinions of the people to agree with his. Phrases such as “I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country” to make people identify with him. The pathos is laced with feelings of fear to frighten the people. He wants to create feelings of strength fueled by fear. His last sentence, “give me liberty or give me death,” has the most impact because it stirs the fear of the British and longing for liberty in the hearts of the people in America. The other “tricks of the trade” help support the tone of his speech by adding content and his knowledge to help the persuasion. Overall, his anger towards the British in the speech can be summed up as accusatory, indignant, and persuasive.
I like how you described and summarized the tone with three words. I agree with all three ways you described Henry. Your response is very well written and your examples are sturdy supports for your statements.
The tone in Patrick Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention” is passionate and persuasive. He is passionate in this speech by showing he knows what to do, and by using a rich vocabulary to prove his importance and knowledge of the topic. When he says “I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience” (101). He is showing his passion for the colonists and how he wants them to fight for independence. Henry also uses this quote to persuade his audience, by saying that he has experience in this topic. This shows that his tone is persuasive because he is trying to get people to believe that he is right on this topic and they should believe him because he knows what he is doing. Patrick Henry also shows that he is passionate in his last sentence, “...give me liberty or give me death” (103). In this quote he is saying that he will fight so hard for liberty and it is all he wants, if he does not have liberty he will die trying for it. Another was that Henry uses his persuasion is in rhetorical questions, he asks many rhetorical questions throughout his speech to get people to question what they are believing in. With these questions such as, “But when shall we be stronger?”(102), he is trying to get the audience to believe that if they take his idea of liberty and try to make a difference, maybe they will be stronger, or maybe they will help make it stronger. He uses many different ways to try and persuade people into believing in his ideas of liberty along with his passion for the topic. He used his passion to help form his tone and the overall meaning of the speech, which was trying persuade colonists to fight for independence from the British King.
The tone Patrick Henry expresses in “Speech in the Virginia Convention” is a combination of anger and logic. Throughout the speech, Henry tells of his anger for the King and the situation they are all in. He believes they should all stand up and fight for their rights. He uses persuasion and rational ideas to support this. Through the many different “tricks of the trade”, finding the tone of this passage was made simpler. Henry uses logos mostly when he discusses what the British have done to the new American citizens and he also refers to certain historical events. One example of logos that he uses is “war is inevitable”, which he believes is a fact. He uses pathos when he creates a sense of strength for the people he is speaking too and also uses imagery of the brutality of war. Two examples of this are “Give me liberty or give me death!” and “I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country.” Lastly, Henry uses ethos when discussing freedom and liberty. These are two specific points that he mentions a plethora of times throughout the speech (which is repetition). He is also a powerful speaker whom was well-known among the group of people he spoke in front of. One example of the ethos he uses is “Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty.” Rhetorical questions were used a lot by Henry as he acted as if he was speaking to the King. He uses sarcasm and anger in these questions and uses them to persuade as well. Henry always uses a lot of elevated language all throughout as well as repetition as he repeatedly talked about the damage the King has done to him and his fellow citizens. These devices all helped in finding his overall tone in this speech which was a combination of anger and logic, with hints of sarcasm here and there.
The theme in Patrick Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention” could most easily be described as passionate, but yet it is also a bit optimistic in a way. He shows great passion all throughout the speech with some fiery words such as insidious and extenuate. This passion is very helpful in his claim that he makes, which is that the colonists should denounce the British king and help to fight for independence of the colonies. It does so by making him appear to be a well-educated man who really knows what he is talking about. Along with that, it makes those who are listening to the speech more attentive and engaged to what he is saying because of the way he speaks with such fiery and passionate words. A fantastic example of this passion is located at the very end of the speech, which is also the most famous part of it. The quote is “…give me liberty or give me death!”(103) show the passion in the best way. Henry is so passionate at the subject at hand that he himself is willing to die for it. On the part where the theme is a bit optimistic, it is optimistic because one would have to be to think that they can overcome what was then the greatest army in the world. It would take great optimism for one to actually go through with talking to all of the various high powered politicians, let alone trying to get them to jump on to the idea that they can defeat the British. In general, the theme of “Speech in the Virginia Convention” was simple and straight to the point. It didn’t try to add in something that was not there and told what it wanted right away. The theme of optimism and passion fit right in with what is being said and it makes sense why the colonies went to war, especially with what Henry had said.
Patrick Henry has an alluring tone in “Speech in the Virginia Convention”. Henry displays an alluring tone because of all the rhetorical questions he uses, his elevated and archaic language, his use of repetition and restatement, and his use of imagery. Henry uses rhetorical questions as a way to make his audience agree with him. He is also using rhetorical questions as a way to make statements without being too forward so that he is not seen as too confident. An example of one of Henry’s rhetorical questions is “But when shall we be stronger? Will it be next week, or the next year?” (102) Henry’s main purpose of using rhetorical questions though is to keep his audience interested and curious enough to to hear his opinion, this is why his overall tone is alluring. Henry also uses elevated language to keep his audience interested and to help him seem like more of an expert. Examples of Henry's elevated language are majesty of Heaven, insidious, remonstrances, delusive, and formidable. By using these words he is making himself look more trustworthy to his audience. Henry uses repetition or parallelism to help emphasize his opinion. His opinion or idea for the president was that The United States should go to war with Great Britain because violence was their only option left. Henry keeps repeating shall, sir, Mr.President, and he starts a majority of his rhetorical questions with what. He repeats sir and Mr.President to emphasize that he is trying to be polite while giving the president his advice. Henry uses restatement in his speech when he keeps restating that The United States needs to go to war with Great Britain because they will not respect us if we try to resolve the issue peacefully as we have in the past. Henry also uses imagery in his speech to help keep his audience interested. By providing imagery Henry is forcing the president and his audience picture what The United States would be like without the threat that Great Britain imposes. An example of Henry’s use of imagery is “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery.” (103) This example is also a rhetorical question. From these literary devices readers can determine that Henry had an alluring tone.
Patrick Henry’s tone in his speech, “ Speech in the Virginia Convention” is cautionary and instructive. The elements of diction, imagery, his language, and syntax led to determining the tone of the passage. Patrick Henry uses is very concise and to the point of his argument to the other members of the convention. He chose to use emotional language in his argument to engage his audience so that they would be persuaded to act on his proposal and fight. His diction was educated and respectful towards his peers so that they would be more receptive to his suggestion to respond with force to the British army and navy. For example, some of the elevated words and phrases Patrick Henry employs in his speech include “insidious”, “noble struggle”, and “supplicated.” He uses imagery to provoke an emotional response to his belief of an inevitable war. Patrick Henry warns his audience of impending images of slavery and oppression if they do not act. He relates the efforts to negotiate with Parliament in Great Britain to being kicked by the throne and a storm that is upon them. Henry presents his argument for war against the royal crown as an unavoidable fact, further aiding in persuading his audience to act. The type of language that Henry makes use of is precise and academic so that he may convince the members of the Virginia Convention that he is trustworthy and a well informed person. By being recognized as an authority on topic of freedom or submission to Great Britain, Henry uses elevated language and restatement to show that peace attempts are futile. He is respectful towards the other speakers before him in the first paragraph and apologizes for his more extreme viewpoint on the matter. The syntax that Patrick Henry uses in his speech is made up of emotional language, rhetorical questions, and long, flowing sentences. Henry employs his rich vocabulary in his speech to invoke the listener’s emotions and create a sense of moral obligation to act accordingly. An example of a rhetorical question he uses is “I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission” making his opinion seem factual. His long sentence structure creates parallelism in his speech as the same point of fighting is reinforced. Overall, Patrick Henry makes use of many distinct aspects of persuasive argument to make his point soundly.
Henry’s overall tone in his speech can be described as both outraged and argumentative. Henry uses numerous devices to convey his theme in this speech including; logos, pathos and ethos, as well as other tricks of the trade or rhetorical devices. Henry conveys ethos to his audience when he says that the American people were, “betrayed with a kiss” which is reminiscent of Jesus Christ being, “betrayed with a kiss” at his death. By using this Ethical Appeal, Henry creates a tie between his cause and the religion of most of the people with whom he is speaking to. Henry goes on to say, “There is a just god” and that said god will help to, “fight our battles” which is an important ethical appeal because it ties the revolutionary war to being almost a war supported by religion. Henry also used a large amount of pathos in his argument; in order to persuade and engage the people in what he was saying, Henry had to grasp ahold of their repressed emotions on the subject. Henry uses words to describe the enemy british as, “Tyrannical”, amongst many other forms of elevated language which he used to sound very educated and trigger the emotions of his audience, as well as capture his feelings of outrage at the situation at hand. He also uses terms such as, “we are not weak” and “our chains are forged”, which also happens to be a type of imagery; capturing the image of chains and being tied down, which makes the speech seem more relatable and personal to the audience, and gains even more emotional appeal. Finally Henry is able to get a bit of Logos in his speech, explaining to his audience how there are already people armed and ready to fight for the cause of combating the british. Also, he explains toward the end of his speech that there is already a progressive resistance in Massachusetts which gives his audience a logical reason as to why they should join and help the cause.Patrick's use of emotive language and amongst other appeals made his argument appealing to listeners and portrayed his themes of outrage and logic which is likely a reason why this speech remains well known to this day.
Patrick Henry delivers with a strongly spoken speech that is said to have sparked the American Revolution in Virginia. With an outcome of that sort of comprehensive magnitude, one can only come to the conclusion that Henry’s speech was powerful and compassionately influential to many people. To have that much of an impact, Patrick’s tone throughout this speech had to have been dominant and powerful; for his speech to spark the American Revolution, there had to be some sense of patriotism instilled within this speech. Patrick Henry also uses a sense of honesty and integrity to speak his opinion to the selected audience. Patrick Henry speaks honestly and powerfully on the topic of freedom and liberty. These are the main tones throughout his speech. He uses captivating and thorough language to put his thoughts into their minds and have it stick with them. He used such powerful and informed tone that his speech could not be forgotten by listeners even if they tried, with that in play, Patrick Henry must have had mission accomplished. In order to rise up a patriotic movement like the American Revolution, Patrick of course had to have a patriotic tone in this speech. He is such filled with this patriotism that he found it treason to his country if he did not speak his mind one hundred percent truthfully. He even states at the beginning of his speech that he is patriotic towards his country, “ No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism”(99). With other lines such as, “Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope”(100), you can just sense his pride in his country through the word hope, with this sort of honest, powerful, and patriotic tone, Patrick Henry is able to start a Revolution that would change this country forever.
Henry’s overall tone in his speech “Speech in the Virginia Convention” can be seen as angry, but at the same time he stays respectful. He uses powerful words like insidious, betrayed, resistance, and disarmed to describe how he feels about the current situation with Great Britain. He also talks about war preparations and being invaded by the British to stress how serious the situation is. The main phrase of the speech that truly shows his anger is the famous line “give me liberty or give me death”. This line sums up his stance on the situation as well as shows his angry tone that he displays in this speech. To stay respectful while doing this Henry first addresses the speakers who went before him saying that “No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house”. This way he can oppose what these men just said, without totally disrespecting them. A good reason for Henry to use an angry tone for his speech would be to empower his fellow patriots to take action, and support him in his actions against Great Britain. Henry also uses some logical tone when he talks about how if all three million people in the colonies work together, they can beat anyone. Although this may stretch the truth a little, it is very truthful that the people of the colonies have the capacity to defeat the British. He also says that the war is inevitable, which would be another logical reason to start the war, because it is going to happen anyways. At the same time this section is empowering the people to take action. Knowing that they have a god chance of winning would persuade people to join Henry’s cause.
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The tone of Patrick Henry’s speech titled “Speech in the Virginia Convention” can be broken down into five separate parts. The first part is diction; Henry’s diction can be seen as polite and powerful. This can be seen in the way he uses polite phrases like gentlemen and worthy. Both these two words convey a feeling of politeness. Although he he does have a polite word choice, he also uses powerful words in order to evoke emotions. The words that he uses to display this are insidious and submission. Both these examples of powerful words help to convey Henry’s emotions. The next part that helps in describing the tone of this piece can be seen in Henry’s imagery. Henry tries to use frightful imagery in order to draw the reader in. This can be seen when he talks of the vast British fleets and the redcoats. These images help to both instill fear into the reader and draw their attention. The third part that helps in describing the tone of this passage can be seen in the details of the speech. Henry tries to use morals and ethics in order to make his idea seem correct. This can be seen in the way he describes all of the action that we took in order to prevent conflict, and he also goes on about how the Americas keep on appeasing the king, This in turn further keeps his argument logical. the fourth way that Henry’s tone can be described can be by looking at the language he used. Henry used a concrete type of language in order to get his point across. Examples of this language can be seen when he addresses the assembly in a way that is polite, but at the same time is to the point. The last part that describes Henry’s tone can be seen in his syntax. Throughout this speech he uses exclamation marks to convey his emotionally charged words. This in turn adds to the overall feel of the speech, and it also makes it seem more lively. Overall, the tone of this piece is accusatory. This can be seen in the way that he is to the point and suggests a problem that needs to be dealt with.
ReplyDeleteThe introduction and the closing aspects of the paragraph are perfection. They both completely introduce and wrap up the piece. The body also has a lot of detail to each feature that pulls the whole writing together. Great work.
DeletePatrick Henry’s tone in this speech is one of a necessity and one of confidence. His tone can be classified as necessity because he makes his audience seem as if they need to start fighting the British right now. He makes it seem like taking up arms is necessary. He got across his point of necessity profoundly. He asked rhetorical questions to help develop the tone of necessity. He asks many questions throughout the speech to develop the tone of obvious necessity. He is practically asking questions of the people of the convention that can be answered easily because necessity is vital to life. Necessity is in his words, for example he chooses to use explanation points to get his point across. His point is that taking up arms against the British is completely and utterly necessary for everyone. Confidence can be defined as speaking what you know in a manner of shear trust and utter belief. Patrick Henry’s tone can also be classified as confidence. His demeanor is shown throughout the speech in his word choice. No man without confidence would ever say something such as,”I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience” (101). Confidence can sum up that quote. Henry is confident in what he is doing and how he is going on throughout his life. He is extremely confident in his experience, so much so, that he accepts it as guidance to him. Henry also uses a tone of confidence in his final paragraph of the speech. He uses many punctuation marks other than periods. He uses a lot of question marks and explanation points that show how confident he is in delivering this speech. As Henry was delivering this speech he was probably standing tall and looking self-assured. This is very evident in the speech.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed that you talked about the use of rhetorical questions, as the speech was full of them, and I agree that the tones of necessity and confidence were important in the speech. Overall you analysis is very well written.
DeleteI found that your tone analysis of Henry's speech was thoughtful and articulate. I particularly enjoyed your examples used, and I also think that they compliment the analysis overall ideas. The next thing that I enjoyed was your impeachable grammar. Even though you had a solid analysis, the only 'bad' thing about this analysis is that you did not touch base with his polite attitude that occurs throughout Henry's speech. Overall, I think that your analysis of Henry's tone was fantastic.
DeleteI enjoyed that you talked about the use of rhetorical questions, as the speech was full of them, and I agree that the tones of necessity and confidence were important in the speech. Overall you analysis is very well written.
DeleteHenry’s overall tone in his speech “Speech in the Virginia Convention” can be seen as angry, but at the same time he stays respectful. He uses powerful words like insidious, betrayed, resistance, and disarmed to describe how he feels about the current situation with Great Britain. He also talks about war preparations and being invaded by the British to stress how serious the situation is. The main phrase of the speech that truly shows his anger is the famous line “give me liberty or give me death”. This line sums up his stance on the situation as well as shows his angry tone that he displays in this speech. To stay respectful while doing this Henry first addresses the speakers who went before him saying that “No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house”. This way he can oppose what these men just said, without totally disrespecting them. A good reason for Henry to use an angry tone for his speech would be to empower his fellow patriots to take action, and support him in his actions against Great Britain. Henry also uses some logical tone when he talks about how if all three million people in the colonies work together, they can beat anyone. Although this may stretch the truth a little, it is very truthful that the people of the colonies have the capacity to defeat the British. He also says that the war is inevitable, which would be another logical reason to start the war, because it is going to happen anyways. At the same time this section is empowering the people to take action. Knowing that they have a god chance of winning would persuade people to join Henry’s cause.
ReplyDeleteI like how you thought about the speech and i always like to see different views of the speech to compare to and this was great to compare mine to.
DeleteI would agree with your two tones you established for the speech. I am also very proud of your use of capitalizing, I think I only saw one error. Yay for Miles, you go buddy. I liked how you really went into detail about how you decided that these were Henry's tones and you used many references to the text and specific quotes. Overall you did analyzed it very nicely and I agree with a lot of the points you made.
DeleteHenry’s overall all tone in this speech was sarcastic yet objective. He uses a lot of rhetorical questions in his speech which kind of make him sound sarcastic or sort of mocking on the people in the Virginia Convention because he already knows the answer to the questions, but he is just saying them to state a fact. So in a way there is a tone of being factual because he is addressing the President and you want to be formal and factual when you give the President information about yourself and your people. He is a man that has a lot of knowledge and many people are willing to listen to him which helps him because he can get through his multiple points he wants to talk about without losing any of his audience because they know that he will be saying something intelligent. He is objective in his speech by using precise words that really describe his topics well and by doing that he really gets his points across to the President and drives them into the brains of the readers or listeners that were either at the speech or reading it. An example of Henry’s rhetorical questions were, “Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?” and “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?” These were good rhetorical questions because he was saying what everybody in the room was thinking while they were listening to the speech and then he put it into a question that they wouldn’t even have to think about to know the answer because there really isn’t a specific answer. Everybody had there own answer to each of those questions. He got his objects out for the people study and he gave facts to support them and used a formal way of speech to address the President.
ReplyDeleteYou used thoughtful examples that related very well back to your tone. You also explained how he goes into the speech a step ahead. It made it easier to understand how Henry was trying to prove his point.
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ReplyDeleteThe overall tone in Henry’s speech “Speech in the Virginia Convention” is anger or disappointment and rational. His tone can be placed under the category of anger or disappointment because of how he speaks of how they are not doing anything in order to fight against the British. He suggest to fight them now in order to get a head start. No one seems to be listening to him and the only way to get his point across seems to be through anger in his tone. He uses words such as insidious and betrayed. He portrays anger in this speech, but does it in a reverent way. This speech can also be told as rational in tone. Henry does use harsh language and may be accusing the audience of not performing the right acts,
but he makes his arguments clear. Although his points may seem harsh, he is rational. He bases his speech off of facts, and he proves to the audience that he is right. The main point he is trying to get across is that taking action against the British is entirely essential for anyone and everyone. Henry says, “give me liberty or give me death!” (103). He is rational with this saying, because he is speaking for most of the United States. If they can not have liberty within their own country, then why would they want to live? Henry is rational with this argument because it is a logical thing to say. Overall, the tone of this speech is rational and angry or disappointment. Henry fights for the liberty of the American people. He portrays the fact that the British is a problem that needs to be handled sooner than later before it is too late.
I agree with what you said Henry's main point was because that is what he focused on in his speech. I think that, other than a few grammatical errors, your response is very well written and thought out.
DeletePatrick Henry’s overall tone in, “Speech in the Virginia Convention” was forthright. A few aspects helped me to determine the tone including the diction, the use of imagery, the language, and the syntax. The diction, or word choice, that Patrick Henry uses is very formal, straight forward, and exciting in order to keep the listeners’ attention. He wanted the people he was speaking to agree with him, but they would not listen to what he had to say if he spoke blandly. Patrick Henry wanted his peers to respect what he was saying because he used elevated language to sound like he knew what he was talking about. He used words like insidious, remonstrance, and supinely in his speech. Patrick Henry used imagery when he talked about the war in the last paragraph in order to make people think they had something to fight for and to be able to visualize fighting for their country’s freedom from Great Britain. Henry says that the war is inevitable to try and convince people that fighting is the only option as if it is a fact, even though it is Henry’s own opinion. He uses his imagery to get his point across that they need to get their freedom from Great Britain. The language that Patrick Henry uses is formal because he wants to be taken seriously but still have an effect on the thinking of the people to whom he is speaking. He uses references and phrases to show that he is educated and respectful, including “sir”, allusions to the Bible, and a great deal of elevated language. Henry’s syntax in his speech includes numerous rhetorical questions and long sentences. This shows that he wants to inform the listener and at the same time keep them thinking. His rhetorical questions make the listener question how to go about things regarding an impending war. The long sentences provide Henry’s opinion on the events of the past and present in the colonies. Over all, Henry used all of these facets to create an honest, direct tone.
ReplyDeleteThis was a well written response. I agreed with how you said he was trying to convince people that fighting was the only option. You also explained your examples. Very thought out!
DeleteI definitely agree that Patrick Henry's speech was straight forward and to the point. I like how you made a reference to his allusions containing the Bible because I didn't catch that.
DeleteYour response supports the tone that you chose to describe the passage and used detailed points to create a sound argument. The examples given uphold the claims made.
DeleteIn the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry he expresses his feelings for the war and why to fight or not. Doing so he used many elements to create a tone. He used strong elevated language including supplication, subjugation, comports, indulge, and obtained. These words reflects the tone and supports the idea of the tone. There was repetition about the main points which were how he wanted to have justice or fight for the justice. He repeated the idea of this so that the importance can be realized. The men said that they had peace but Henry believed there was no peace if equality was not being fulfilled. The tone for this speech was formed by the way he portrayed his ideas. When Henry said that there was no peace, he showed the seriousness of his arguments and what he believed was right. Liberty was important for him but he knew that it would take more than wanting to make it happen and he knew death and hardship would have to come along with that. The diction of this speech was very effective words that can show how serious he was. He used big and abstract words like the ones said above. The images that it created as a reader was a man in front of people telling about his opinion. The details from this passage presented examples of what having no peace can do, which was kill, lock people up, and be loss for families. This way he tried to grab the attention of the readers and make it personal. The language is extremely formal because of it being a speech and he wanted to be serious. Especially when he says Sir throughout the speech. From these elements, the overall tone was persuasive because he was trying to persuade the people to agree with him and understanding why they should all want peace.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your idea that Henry repeatedly expressed his belief that something had to be done and that he knew it would take more than him just wanting things to change to get change to actually happen. I liked the overall idea of your analysis quite a bit, it was very well thought out.
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ReplyDeleteThe overall tone of Patrick Henry in “The Speech in the Virginia Convention”is passionate yet still professional. It can be proven using five different elements of writing: diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax. The diction of this work was very respectful, but was still packed with emotional words like insidious, submission, inaction, and accentuate which show his strong emotions about the subject at hand. Henry’s imagery conveys the image of the near future where we decide not go to war with the British and they gain full control over our lives. This technique scares the listeners and makes his point more airtight. This is a scary image, but it is one that Henry believed was necessary to prove his point. The details of the speech can be broken down into different sections. Henry starts by endorsing the idea of true freedom, but then falls into the truth that they are not truly free men yet. He goes on explaining that we have waited long enough to stand up to the British and that nothing is going to change until we do. This shows Henry was trying to be reasonable, but at some point had to morally put his foot down and say it’s now or never. Henry’s writing has a certain precise feel to his language, he doesn't like to dance around an idea he makes sure that he gets to the point to show how much he cares about the situation. Henry’s syntax for the most part a run on of ideas mixed with a bunch of rhetorical questions. Henry wanted to make his point clear and speak how he truly felt on the subject and after the idea had been established he used his numerous rhetorical questions to nail the emotional aspect of the idea in. Patrick Henry wrote “The Speech in the Virginia Convention” with an abundance of passion, but still upheld his professionalism that all good writers should have.
I agree with how precise his words are. He makes his point and supports it strongly. The rhetorical questions help prove his points.
DeletePatrick Henry’s overall tone in his speech that urged colonists to fight for independence is argumentative, yet motivational. He argued that the Virginia House members raise an army that would fight against the British army. Henry puts in perspective the men who spoke before him that day in the House, the men that argued against staged a war against the British, and those who complimented his ideas of creating an army to fight. By Patrick Henry calling out the men, he gains the audience’s attention and starts controversy within the crowd to obtain their opinions of his claim. He becomes argumentative, or in some cases demanding, by telling the audience what they need to do to obtain freedom. He argues against the men that aren’t for violence by supporting his claim with rhetorical questions. The use of rhetorical questions in his speech is to grasp the audience’s attention and to make them think, especially when Patrick Henry says, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?” (103) This describes the pain and suffering the people could go through if they don’t fight for their independence and it also explains the risk. Henry is a motivational speaker because he believes in freedom, independence, and fighting for individuals rights. He motivates the colonists to stand up for their rights and to persuade them to fight because that’s what Henry wants for his country. Patrick Henry’s diction is precise and clear to the audience in order for his argument to forcefully make the people attentive to what he has to say. The style of his speech is formal, which explains how blunt and confident he is when creating his argument. The use of periods conveys a serious tone and the use of question marks portrays his knowledge on the subject of which he is trying to make known to the audience. Patrick Henry’s speech contained a multitude of descriptions for tones, and with that he managed to maintain a speech that flowed consistently.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how you said that he was argumentative and motivational because he was arguing over the idea of war with the British and was motivating the Americans and Virginia House members to begin raising an army because war was inevitable. Well thought out, clear, and concise.
DeleteIn Patrick Henry’s “Speech at the Virginia Convention”, his overall tone seems to be one of impatience, frustration, and conviction. In the beginning the of the speech, he keeps things respectful toward the president, not wanting to offend him. After that Henry is not afraid to voice his opinion. As he says in the speech, “Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself guilty of treason toward my country…”(101). Henry shows conviction throughout his speech, almost in every line. He has no doubt or fear of anything. Henry does not want to be connected to Great Britain; he wants America to put up a fight for their independence, not to just give in. Henry's last lines, “ give me liberty or give me death!(103), show that he is proud of what he represents and that he is not going down easy. Henry's words also seem to have a sense of urgency in them. He talks about battle with Britain as though it is bound to happen at some point. He might want people to feel pressured in having to make a decision. One way that Henry shows frustration could be the rhetorical questions he puts out. He has answers for all of them and doesn't seem to be too happy with most of them. An example could be when he says, “And what have we to oppose them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing”(102). Henry wants more out of the people making the big decisions. He has ideas, but needs the support of the people. Henry uses very strong words to make his point and to make people believe him. His use of big words make him appear to be very knowledgeable, as I am sure he was. Henry was able to make a big impact through this speech.
ReplyDeleteI like how you used examples to explain what his tone was in this speech. I think the overall idea of what his tone is, is accurate and including the rhetorical questions helped me understand his tone more fully.
DeleteThe tone of the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” given by Patrick Henry can be summarized by three words: accusatory, indignant, and persuasive. Henry is accusatory because he is saying that the British had wronged the colonists in America. He is accusing the King of being tyrannical towards the colonists. He is also indignant because he is angry that the King is unfairly taxing colonists and has wronged them in other ways. He is being persuasive because he is trying to convince the colonists the join the fight for freedom against Britain. He uses rhetorical devices like logos, ethos, pathos, elevated language, rhetorical questions, and parallelism through the speech to help his persuasion. He uses logos by saying that the war is inevitable, which was a fact by this point, and by listing how the British King had wronged the colonists. Ethos is present more throughout because he talks about God and makes allusions to the Bible. Freedom and liberty are shared moral values that contribute to ethos. The fact that Henry is well known and revered throughout the Virginia colony as a politician also helps aid his persuasion of fighting the British and the King for liberty and freedom to become an independent nation. Pathos is the most notable appeal to the readers. He uses emotive words to change the opinions of the people to agree with his. Phrases such as “I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country” to make people identify with him. The pathos is laced with feelings of fear to frighten the people. He wants to create feelings of strength fueled by fear. His last sentence, “give me liberty or give me death,” has the most impact because it stirs the fear of the British and longing for liberty in the hearts of the people in America. The other “tricks of the trade” help support the tone of his speech by adding content and his knowledge to help the persuasion. Overall, his anger towards the British in the speech can be summed up as accusatory, indignant, and persuasive.
ReplyDeleteI like how you described and summarized the tone with three words. I agree with all three ways you described Henry. Your response is very well written and your examples are sturdy supports for your statements.
DeleteThe tone in Patrick Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention” is passionate and persuasive. He is passionate in this speech by showing he knows what to do, and by using a rich vocabulary to prove his importance and knowledge of the topic. When he says “I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience” (101). He is showing his passion for the colonists and how he wants them to fight for independence. Henry also uses this quote to persuade his audience, by saying that he has experience in this topic. This shows that his tone is persuasive because he is trying to get people to believe that he is right on this topic and they should believe him because he knows what he is doing. Patrick Henry also shows that he is passionate in his last sentence, “...give me liberty or give me death” (103). In this quote he is saying that he will fight so hard for liberty and it is all he wants, if he does not have liberty he will die trying for it. Another was that Henry uses his persuasion is in rhetorical questions, he asks many rhetorical questions throughout his speech to get people to question what they are believing in. With these questions such as, “But when shall we be stronger?”(102), he is trying to get the audience to believe that if they take his idea of liberty and try to make a difference, maybe they will be stronger, or maybe they will help make it stronger. He uses many different ways to try and persuade people into believing in his ideas of liberty along with his passion for the topic. He used his passion to help form his tone and the overall meaning of the speech, which was trying persuade colonists to fight for independence from the British King.
ReplyDeleteI really like this writing, it is very descriptive and clearly presents evidence to support the tones. Overall really nice job.
DeleteThe tone Patrick Henry expresses in “Speech in the Virginia Convention” is a combination of anger and logic. Throughout the speech, Henry tells of his anger for the King and the situation they are all in. He believes they should all stand up and fight for their rights. He uses persuasion and rational ideas to support this. Through the many different “tricks of the trade”, finding the tone of this passage was made simpler. Henry uses logos mostly when he discusses what the British have done to the new American citizens and he also refers to certain historical events. One example of logos that he uses is “war is inevitable”, which he believes is a fact. He uses pathos when he creates a sense of strength for the people he is speaking too and also uses imagery of the brutality of war. Two examples of this are “Give me liberty or give me death!” and “I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country.” Lastly, Henry uses ethos when discussing freedom and liberty. These are two specific points that he mentions a plethora of times throughout the speech (which is repetition). He is also a powerful speaker whom was well-known among the group of people he spoke in front of. One example of the ethos he uses is “Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty.” Rhetorical questions were used a lot by Henry as he acted as if he was speaking to the King. He uses sarcasm and anger in these questions and uses them to persuade as well. Henry always uses a lot of elevated language all throughout as well as repetition as he repeatedly talked about the damage the King has done to him and his fellow citizens. These devices all helped in finding his overall tone in this speech which was a combination of anger and logic, with hints of sarcasm here and there.
ReplyDeleteI like how you referred to the historical events and included tricks of the trade throughout your analysis of the theme
DeleteThe theme in Patrick Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention” could most easily be described as passionate, but yet it is also a bit optimistic in a way. He shows great passion all throughout the speech with some fiery words such as insidious and extenuate. This passion is very helpful in his claim that he makes, which is that the colonists should denounce the British king and help to fight for independence of the colonies. It does so by making him appear to be a well-educated man who really knows what he is talking about. Along with that, it makes those who are listening to the speech more attentive and engaged to what he is saying because of the way he speaks with such fiery and passionate words. A fantastic example of this passion is located at the very end of the speech, which is also the most famous part of it. The quote is “…give me liberty or give me death!”(103) show the passion in the best way. Henry is so passionate at the subject at hand that he himself is willing to die for it. On the part where the theme is a bit optimistic, it is optimistic because one would have to be to think that they can overcome what was then the greatest army in the world. It would take great optimism for one to actually go through with talking to all of the various high powered politicians, let alone trying to get them to jump on to the idea that they can defeat the British. In general, the theme of “Speech in the Virginia Convention” was simple and straight to the point. It didn’t try to add in something that was not there and told what it wanted right away. The theme of optimism and passion fit right in with what is being said and it makes sense why the colonies went to war, especially with what Henry had said.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of passionate and persuasive. The ideas we used are very similar for the tone of this passage. Great job it is high quality!
DeletePatrick Henry has an alluring tone in “Speech in the Virginia Convention”. Henry displays an alluring tone because of all the rhetorical questions he uses, his elevated and archaic language, his use of repetition and restatement, and his use of imagery. Henry uses rhetorical questions as a way to make his audience agree with him. He is also using rhetorical questions as a way to make statements without being too forward so that he is not seen as too confident. An example of one of Henry’s rhetorical questions is “But when shall we be stronger? Will it be next week, or the next year?” (102) Henry’s main purpose of using rhetorical questions though is to keep his audience interested and curious enough to to hear his opinion, this is why his overall tone is alluring. Henry also uses elevated language to keep his audience interested and to help him seem like more of an expert. Examples of Henry's elevated language are majesty of Heaven, insidious, remonstrances, delusive, and formidable. By using these words he is making himself look more trustworthy to his audience. Henry uses repetition or parallelism to help emphasize his opinion. His opinion or idea for the president was that The United States should go to war with Great Britain because violence was their only option left. Henry keeps repeating shall, sir, Mr.President, and he starts a majority of his rhetorical questions with what. He repeats sir and Mr.President to emphasize that he is trying to be polite while giving the president his advice. Henry uses restatement in his speech when he keeps restating that The United States needs to go to war with Great Britain because they will not respect us if we try to resolve the issue peacefully as we have in the past. Henry also uses imagery in his speech to help keep his audience interested. By providing imagery Henry is forcing the president and his audience picture what The United States would be like without the threat that Great Britain imposes. An example of Henry’s use of imagery is “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery.” (103) This example is also a rhetorical question. From these literary devices readers can determine that Henry had an alluring tone.
ReplyDeletePatrick Henry’s tone in his speech, “ Speech in the Virginia Convention” is cautionary and instructive. The elements of diction, imagery, his language, and syntax led to determining the tone of the passage. Patrick Henry uses is very concise and to the point of his argument to the other members of the convention. He chose to use emotional language in his argument to engage his audience so that they would be persuaded to act on his proposal and fight. His diction was educated and respectful towards his peers so that they would be more receptive to his suggestion to respond with force to the British army and navy. For example, some of the elevated words and phrases Patrick Henry employs in his speech include “insidious”, “noble struggle”, and “supplicated.” He uses imagery to provoke an emotional response to his belief of an inevitable war. Patrick Henry warns his audience of impending images of slavery and oppression if they do not act. He relates the efforts to negotiate with Parliament in Great Britain to being kicked by the throne and a storm that is upon them. Henry presents his argument for war against the royal crown as an unavoidable fact, further aiding in persuading his audience to act. The type of language that Henry makes use of is precise and academic so that he may convince the members of the Virginia Convention that he is trustworthy and a well informed person. By being recognized as an authority on topic of freedom or submission to Great Britain, Henry uses elevated language and restatement to show that peace attempts are futile. He is respectful towards the other speakers before him in the first paragraph and apologizes for his more extreme viewpoint on the matter. The syntax that Patrick Henry uses in his speech is made up of emotional language, rhetorical questions, and long, flowing sentences. Henry employs his rich vocabulary in his speech to invoke the listener’s emotions and create a sense of moral obligation to act accordingly. An example of a rhetorical question he uses is “I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission” making his opinion seem factual. His long sentence structure creates parallelism in his speech as the same point of fighting is reinforced. Overall, Patrick Henry makes use of many distinct aspects of persuasive argument to make his point soundly.
ReplyDeleteHenry’s overall tone in his speech can be described as both outraged and argumentative. Henry uses numerous devices to convey his theme in this speech including; logos, pathos and ethos, as well as other tricks of the trade or rhetorical devices. Henry conveys ethos to his audience when he says that the American people were, “betrayed with a kiss” which is reminiscent of Jesus Christ being, “betrayed with a kiss” at his death. By using this Ethical Appeal, Henry creates a tie between his cause and the religion of most of the people with whom he is speaking to. Henry goes on to say, “There is a just god” and that said god will help to, “fight our battles” which is an important ethical appeal because it ties the revolutionary war to being almost a war supported by religion. Henry also used a large amount of pathos in his argument; in order to persuade and engage the people in what he was saying, Henry had to grasp ahold of their repressed emotions on the subject. Henry uses words to describe the enemy british as, “Tyrannical”, amongst many other forms of elevated language which he used to sound very educated and trigger the emotions of his audience, as well as capture his feelings of outrage at the situation at hand. He also uses terms such as, “we are not weak” and “our chains are forged”, which also happens to be a type of imagery; capturing the image of chains and being tied down, which makes the speech seem more relatable and personal to the audience, and gains even more emotional appeal. Finally Henry is able to get a bit of Logos in his speech, explaining to his audience how there are already people armed and ready to fight for the cause of combating the british. Also, he explains toward the end of his speech that there is already a progressive resistance in Massachusetts which gives his audience a logical reason as to why they should join and help the cause.Patrick's use of emotive language and amongst other appeals made his argument appealing to listeners and portrayed his themes of outrage and logic which is likely a reason why this speech remains well known to this day.
ReplyDeleteThorough essay and nice job using the ethos, pathos, and logos to break down the tone of Henry's speech
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DeletePatrick Henry delivers with a strongly spoken speech that is said to have sparked the American Revolution in Virginia. With an outcome of that sort of comprehensive magnitude, one can only come to the conclusion that Henry’s speech was powerful and compassionately influential to many people. To have that much of an impact, Patrick’s tone throughout this speech had to have been dominant and powerful; for his speech to spark the American Revolution, there had to be some sense of patriotism instilled within this speech. Patrick Henry also uses a sense of honesty and integrity to speak his opinion to the selected audience.
ReplyDeletePatrick Henry speaks honestly and powerfully on the topic of freedom and liberty. These are the main tones throughout his speech. He uses captivating and thorough language to put his thoughts into their minds and have it stick with them. He used such powerful and informed tone that his speech could not be forgotten by listeners even if they tried, with that in play, Patrick Henry must have had mission accomplished. In order to rise up a patriotic movement like the American Revolution, Patrick of course had to have a patriotic tone in this speech. He is such filled with this patriotism that he found it treason to his country if he did not speak his mind one hundred percent truthfully. He even states at the beginning of his speech that he is patriotic towards his country, “ No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism”(99). With other lines such as, “Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope”(100), you can just sense his pride in his country through the word hope, with this sort of honest, powerful, and patriotic tone, Patrick Henry is able to start a Revolution that would change this country forever.
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DeleteHenry’s overall tone in his speech “Speech in the Virginia Convention” can be seen as angry, but at the same time he stays respectful. He uses powerful words like insidious, betrayed, resistance, and disarmed to describe how he feels about the current situation with Great Britain. He also talks about war preparations and being invaded by the British to stress how serious the situation is. The main phrase of the speech that truly shows his anger is the famous line “give me liberty or give me death”. This line sums up his stance on the situation as well as shows his angry tone that he displays in this speech. To stay respectful while doing this Henry first addresses the speakers who went before him saying that “No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house”. This way he can oppose what these men just said, without totally disrespecting them. A good reason for Henry to use an angry tone for his speech would be to empower his fellow patriots to take action, and support him in his actions against Great Britain. Henry also uses some logical tone when he talks about how if all three million people in the colonies work together, they can beat anyone. Although this may stretch the truth a little, it is very truthful that the people of the colonies have the capacity to defeat the British. He also says that the war is inevitable, which would be another logical reason to start the war, because it is going to happen anyways. At the same time this section is empowering the people to take action. Knowing that they have a god chance of winning would persuade people to join Henry’s cause.
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