Art of Persuasion
The art of persuasion was one of the greatest assets possessed by the patriarchs of The United States. It allowed our founding fathers to preserve the fragile Nation through the decade of Revolution and left for its posterity the legacy of the most celebrated works of American history. Patrick Henry, in his address to the Virginia Convention, institutes effective use of the entire range of appeals, logos, ethos, and pathos giving the speech a quality of concrete infirmity which leaves the listener with no doubts; Virginia should join the Revolution of Independence. The logos faction of Henry's address utilizes firm facts to convince the listener that fighting or slavery are the only possible outcomes of their meeting. These appeals are used predominantly in the third and fourth paragraphs and mingle historical suggestions with rhetorical questions. "Are fleets and armies necessary to work a love and reconciliation?" asks Henry of his audience. The form that the suggestion takes on, a question, serves not only to state the obvious contradiction that the "fleets and armies" are not on American soil to
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Approximate Word count = 754
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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