Almost all contemporary persuasive speech can be traced back to two people, Jonathan Edwards and Patrick Henry. ... Similarly to Edwards, Patrick Henry appealed to his audience's emotion in his Speech to the Virginia Convention. ... By appealing to his audience's anger and pride, he was able to be more persuasive, and therefore, win over the crowd. ... Contrary to Edwards, Patrick Henry's purpose was not religious in nature. ... In contrast, Patrick Henry believed in the philosophies of Rationalism and Deism. ...

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Patrick used this technique for influencing colonists to resist British rule. ... Patrick Henry uses all four. ... He needs to be able to think off the top of his head. ... Similarly Jonathan Edwards used fear like Patrick Henry to get his message across. ... Paine also uses the same parallelism as Patrick Henry in using the semi colon. ...

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Patrick Henry was a powerful political figure and the author of the "Speech to the Virginia Convention." ... Patrick Henry takes a more political approach to his use of diction, imagery, and tone in his "Speech to the Virginia Convention." ... All these literary elements helped strengthen Patrick Henry's speech. ... In many ways, the elements in Jonathan Edwards" sermon and Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" bear a resemblance to each other. ... Both these Martin 3 authors were able to get their message across through their significant use of imagery, diction,...

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