Speech in the virginia convention ever Wondered on how to get someone's attention? Maybe persuade them to listen to every single detail and give them another another perspective of the situation. In 1778, Patrick Henry a virginian lawyer & a public speaker made a huge speech in persuading the delegates through the rhetorical device parallelism, allusion and repetition for the purpose to attract the audience into believing another perspective on how they live under the british rule. One of the few speeches Patrick henry uses in his speech is parallelism when he mentioned ” We have petitioned… we have demonstrated, we have suppressed, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne.”(58) and one of the few points Patrick henry wants his audience to view in his speech is that he's trying to grab their attention with pathos. the author uses pathos because he wants the delegates to acknowledge the problem that's happening and uses emotional profound loaded tone and language in order to convince the delegates attention. …show more content…
I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!” What patrick wanted to describe in his speech was repetition. Patrick henry wanted the delegates to fight against the rule of Britain with enough emotion and constantly repeating the words he was trying to persuade them, but one of his major points to convince the colonist with the tone and speech of repetition. Patrick henry used repetition and pathos to emphasize a point with emotional expression, convincing the delegates wasn't easy. With further elaboration patrick henry made a point, he tried to made his point as vivid as possible and with a great tone He accomplished his opinion. Lastly he wanted his point to be heard and with great repetition he managed to speak in a serious formal tone repeating the sentence over and over again to reach the Colonist