Use Of Rhetorical Devices In Patrick Henry

Throughout the speech, Bush uses his credibility and ethos to build up his purpose. He has automatic credibility because he is the one giving the speech, creates trust with his beliefs, and was the president at the time that the attack occurred. Bush created ethos by saying, “tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those

Tuesday morning, September 11 of 2001, referred to as a day to remember, the twin towers were attacked by terrorists in a hijacked plane. Thousands of lives were lost and it was a day that brought great sorrow to America. George W. Bush, the president at that time, addressed his speech to America as a nation, giving them hope that the events that took place earlier that day would not shake them but that they would come back stronger. In this essay I will evaluate Bush’s formal 9/11 Address to the Nation and discuss the speaker’s appeals to pathos, logos and ethos to convey his message that America can stand tall as one.

Patrick Henry uses pathos in order to enact a feeling of pride from the colonists. Consequently, he is able to make colonists surrender their trust towards the British by using pathos in his speech. This is accomplished by him saying, “Trust it not ,sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer

President Bush’s speech was directed towards an audience of northern Arizonan republican supporters. Bush continuously uses the rhetorical appeal of pathos, the appeal to the

Pathos are used to create an emotional attachment to the cause between the audience, the colonists, so they agree with Henry on going to the war with Britain. “Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?” (Henry 3) This uses pathos to get the readers to think about why we are holding back going to war. As one can see, using pathos in a speech can enhance the audience’s passion and relatability. Furthermore, Pathos accurately aided Henry in grabbing the audience's attention and come off as well mannered and credible. “The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery” (Henry 2) This quote grabbed the audience's attention by making them critically think about the choices they must decide on the subject of going to war with Britain. This quote assists the colonists to agree with him, seeing that the audience feels further spirited and motivated towards going to war. Since this statement undeniably made them question the subject and feel connected to the cause knowing that no colonist would want to be enslaved, the answer to his question would be freedom, speaking on behalf of most, if not all of the colonists. So, how does one get freedom? Simply by

The Use of Pathos in this speech is used in a way that affects everyone’s emotions do to the attack on Oahu, Hawaii. Here’s an example of pathos in the speech given, “The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost.” This quote appealed to everyone’s emotion in the U.S. by telling us the damage caused by the Japanese. Everyone in the U.S. are most likely feeling depressed and full of anger towards the Japanese Empire because the military forces and the innocent citizens were attacked and/or killed. With Roosevelt’s statements, the people in the U.S. are feeling more insecure, whereas the president wants to go to war to show other nations that we will defend ourselves.

The use of Pathos in this speech are used in a way that affects everyone’s emotions do to the attack on Oahu, Hawaii. Here’s an example of pathos in the speech given: “The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost (Franklin D. Roosevelt).” Roosevelt stated that the attack caused severe damage to our military forces, which affected the military emotional and physically as well as the citizens. The president also stated that a vast number of Americans were lost, which would appeal to the emotions of the nation. With Roosevelt’s statements the U.S. people are now feeling unsecure whereas the president wants to go to war to show other nations that we will defend ourselves. Another example would be, “The United States was at peace with that nation (Japan).” After hearing the speech, this quote would also become a part of Pathos, therefore, people’s emotions are starting to rise up do to the fact that Japan attacked the U.S. when we had a peace treaty.

Henry includes a passionate pathos appeal in his speech to fill the audience with much passion and emotion to make them want to join his fight. Towards the end of his writing, Henry states, “There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable and let it come!” (Henry 6). This piece of the speech uses a significant amount of emotionally charged language, as well as, emotionally charged punctuation. Through the immense amount of emotionally charged language and punctuation, these statements easily display a pathos appeal. Henry displays this information to ensure his audience knows that these unjust British actions are not going away. He also is including these statements, so that the audience knows that the British are preparing for war, and if the colonists do not prepare, then then Britain is simply going to crush them and going to make matters even worse. At the end of the speech, Henry mentions, “Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!” (Henry 7). These statements easily display many emotionally charged words, along with a few emotional punctuations that show the use of the pathos appeal. Henry mentions this in his

Both President George W. Bush and Patrick Henry wrote very similar pieces. Henry delivered a speech known as “Speech to Virginia Convention” to Virginia delegates as to why America should separate from Great Britain. President Bush bush presented a speech “President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat”, that was broadcasted internationally regarding the decision to use military force against Iraq. As we now know today, both speeches effectively persuaded others. The two are similar through the use of multiple rhetorical devices such as pathos, loaded language and ethos.

Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” convinces Loyalists to wage war against Britain; he accomplishes this by using several rhetorical devices such as imagery, allusions, rhetorical questions, and diction. These devices are used to engage the listeners with descriptive images, get the listeners to think deeper, make connections to historical events, and use powerful words to emphasize certain claims.

Rhetoric is the study of how writers and speakers use words to influence an audience. Pathos, Logos, and Ethos are examples of rhetorical devices, where the rhetorician would appeal to an audience to prove a point. In both the Declaration of Independence and The American Crisis #1, the authors use several examples of rhetoric to persuade their audience in the 1700s, to separate themselves from England.

Patrick Henry utilized pathos throughout his speech for emotional appeal that creates fear and strong desire to fight back the British in an “I’m-warning-you” tone through admonishment.

    Patrick Henry uses pathos in his speech to provoke delegate’s tender hearts into becoming submerged with heavy feelings towards the English. Patrick Henry exploits pathos to cause a buildup of wrath inside delegates in order to prove his point. An example of the application of pathos is seen in the following quote, “They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary..”(Henry 104). This quote displays pathos by using negatively charged words such as, “weak” to describe how the English view the colonists in hopes to demonize them. This causes an outburst of anger to circulate amongst delegates. Due to the realization of the undisputable truth of how they are viewed

"Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come", Henry proclaims, illustrating for the audience that the issue is one that is changed. In Lines 28-33, Henry uses Imagery to help the audience to recognize being backed into a corner and having no other choice than to fight on an emotional level. Henry uses negatively charged diction in phrases, like ‘But When, ‘When will the time come’, and ‘the truth of the matter is’ to construct a plea or call to action through an activation of pathos in hearts of the audience Elsewhere in the argument rhetorical questions are used to emphasize the point that the colonists must fight the British, effectively saying the audience to feel patriotic through the memorisation of Henry’s arguments. Appeals to emotion, in combination with the effective use of rhetoric, activate pathos in the audience without crossing the ethical line between argument and

Rhetoric gives you an avenue to tell a story from your perspective in a way that connects with the intended audience without having to be one hundred percent substantiated. This writing style is evident in almost everything we read from billboards to Internet ads and even political speeches.