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What event created a sense of urgency around the topic of Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention?
- Patrick Henry would soon be leaving the colonies for England.
- Patrick Henry was about to be tried for treason against the British.
- The British had just imposed new taxes in the form of the Stamp Act.
- The British military presence in the colonies was steadily increasing.
British ships and troops were amassing around the colonies and posing a growing threat.
British ships and troops were amassing around the colonies and posing a growing threat.
British ships and troops were amassing around the colonies and posing a growing threat.
British ships and troops were amassing around the colonies and posing a growing threat.
What was the MAIN purpose of Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention?
- to convince the Virginia legislators to vote for armed rebellion
- to suggest a means of compromise with the British
- to plead with the colonists to choose peace over war
- to prove that Virginia's peacemakers were all blind fools
Henry's main point is that war is the only real option against an opponent as aggressive and stubborn as the British.
Henry's main point is that war is the only real option against an opponent as aggressive and stubborn as the British.
Henry's main point is that war is the only real option against an opponent as aggressive and stubborn as the British.
Henry's main point is that war is the only real option against an opponent as aggressive and stubborn as the British.
Read the passage below. (Note: Supinely means "lying face up," and delusive means "giving a false impression.")
Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
To what does Henry compare the politicians who are against armed resistance?
- people who want to hug the British instead of fighting them
- people who are lying defenseless on their backs and hugging false hopes
- a bug that has been flipped on its back and can no longer move
- a ghostly figure that no longer has any power to affect the world around it
Henry compares the pacifists to men lying on their backs and hugging false hopes while waiting to be tied up by the British. His point is that the colonies won't get any stronger or better able to defend themselves by remaining passive.
Henry compares the pacifists to men lying on their backs and hugging false hopes while waiting to be tied up by the British. His point is that the colonies won't get any stronger or better able to defend themselves by remaining passive.
Henry compares the pacifists to men lying on their backs and hugging false hopes while waiting to be tied up by the British. His point is that the colonies won't get any stronger or better able to defend themselves by remaining passive.
Henry compares the pacifists to men lying on their backs and hugging false hopes while waiting to be tied up by the British. His point is that the colonies won't get any stronger or better able to defend themselves by remaining passive.
As you read the passage below, think about the purpose of the metaphor.
Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
What does this metaphor suggest will happen if the colonists fail to act quickly?
- They will make the British angry.
- They will learn a valuable lesson about trust.
- They will lose the option to resist.
- They will gather their strength.
Henry wants his listeners to feel revulsion at the idea of inaction and to catch his sense of urgency about resisting the British before it's too late.
Henry wants his listeners to feel revulsion at the idea of inaction and to catch his sense of urgency about resisting the British before it's too late.
Henry wants his listeners to feel revulsion at the idea of inaction and to catch his sense of urgency about resisting the British before it's too late.
Henry wants his listeners to feel revulsion at the idea of inaction and to catch his sense of urgency about resisting the British before it's too late.
Which of these lines uses exaggeration for dramatic effect?
- Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace, but there is no peace.
- The war is actually begun!
- What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted?
- Give me liberty or give me death!
Henry exaggerates the extreme nature of the options for rhetorical effect. Most likely, liberty and death are not the only possible choices.
Henry exaggerates the extreme nature of the options for rhetorical effect. Most likely, liberty and death are not the only possible choices.
Henry exaggerates the extreme nature of the options for rhetorical effect. Most likely, liberty and death are not the only possible choices.
Henry exaggerates the extreme nature of the options for rhetorical effect. Most likely, liberty and death are not the only possible choices.
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