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$Spee%h &n the '&rg&n&a (on)ent&on* by Patr&%+ ,enry
$Spee%h &n the (on)ent&on* by -en.am&n /ran+0&n
Literary Analysis: Speeches
1ffe%t&)e 2pee%he2 often ma+e u2e of the2e te%hn&3ue2 to empha2&4e +ey &dea2 and ma+e
them more memorab0e: 516 repet&t&on of an &dea &n the 2ame 7ord28 526 re2tatement of a +ey
&dea &n d&fferent 7ord28 5#6 para00e0&2m, or repeated u2e of the 2ame grammat&%a0 2tru%ture28
and 596 rhetor&%a0 3ue2t&on2, or 3ue2t&on2 7&th ob)&ou2 an27er2 that are a2+ed not be%au2e
an27er2 are e:pe%ted but to &n)o0)e the aud&en%e emot&ona00y &n the 2pee%h.
DIRECTIONS: Reread Patrick Henrys speech, and look for examples of each technique. Record
the examples on the chart below.
;e2tatement
There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanging may be heard
on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable
;epet&t&on
Different men often see the same subject in different lights
Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our
supplications have been disregarded.
f we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending!
if we mean not basely to abandon.
"eace! peace#$but there is no peace
Para00e0&2m
Those who having eyes see not and having ears hear not.
They are meant for us% they can be meant for no other.
f 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
so long engaged! and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our
contest shall be obtained$we must fight!
;hetor&%a0 <ue2t&on2
&hall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication'
s this the part of wise men! engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty'
s it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received'
as( gentlemen! sir! what means this martial array! if its purpose be not to force us to submission'
=n&t 2 ;e2our%e2: > at&on ?2 -orn
@ Pear2on 1du%at&on, ?n%., pub0&2h&ng a2 Pear2on Prent&%e ,a00. >00 r&ght2 re2er)ed.
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