Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but there is no peace.
“ It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Patrick Henry persuades his audience by showing it will be necessary to go to battle through his powerful use of ethos, imagery and rhetorical questions. reading skill: reading a persuasive speech In this famous speech, Patrick Henry speaks to members of the Virginia convention, but clearly he is aware of a wider audienceeven of future generations reading his words. He encourages American men to fight against the British in order to ensure freedom. As you read Henry’s speech, be on the lookout for rhetorical devices and how they might have affected his audience. In 1775, Patrick Henry gave the Speech in the Virginia Convention to persuade the representatives to prepare for the impending war with the British and. 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! I repeat it, sir, let it come. In Speech at the Virginia Convention Henry expresses his view on living under Britains rule. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. In his speech to the Second Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry implores his countrymen to declare war against the British. “ There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
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