Patrick+Henry+Activity

Divide the speech into eight sections Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section Eight Identify the Three Appeals throughout the piece. Give examples of each. Then, write a **well-developed Section** discussing the dominant appeal and how Henry utilizes it to achieve his purpose.
 * Patrick Henry Activity **
 * 1) “no man thinks”
 * 2) “Mr. President, it is”
 * 3) “I have but one lamp…”
 * 4) “I ask gentleman, sir…”
 * 5) “And what you have…”
 * 6) “Sir, we have done everything…”
 * 7) “They tell us, sir…”
 * 8) “It is in vain…”
 * 1) What opening tone does Henry use?
 * 2) In this same Section, Henry immediately moves to the key of the matter. What is it?
 * 3) How does Henry refer to the King of England?
 * 1) Henry uses two allusions in the second Section. What are they and what do they mean?
 * 1) What guides this speaker: hope for a better future or experience which points to a different direction? Use the image Henry incorporates to support this stance.
 * 2) In this third Section Henry also uses the rhetorical questions as a device. What is his purpose?
 * 1) How do his rhetorical questions in this Section echo the third Section?
 * 2) What metaphor does Henry use in this Section to begin to allude to the key of his speech?
 * 1) What purpose does the use of the rhetorical question serve in this Section?
 * 1) Here Henry employs anaphora. How? What does the use of this device do to the meaning of his speech?
 * 2) Note that Henry uses the anaphora both to allude to the key message and to point the direction. The epistrophe is also used here. Where? Why? What does it do?
 * 1) What is the purpose of Henry’s rhetorical questions her? Again, how does he allude to the key to his message and point the direction?
 * 2) How is the key to this speech once more echoed? What metaphoric material underscores this message?
 * 1) What other metaphor does Henry use to strengthen his position?
 * 2) How does Henry again return to the metaphor of slavery?
 * 3) Note the closing of Henry’s speech. Identify the device.
 * Persuasion **