Patrick Henry and the Speech to the Virginia Convention

Patrick Henry was one of the leading _______ of freedom of the American Revolution.

• writers
• voices

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

He would not be silenced until Americans were ______!

• lost
• free

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In March 1775, he spoke out against _________.

• Great Britain
• France

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Patrick Henry was a ________ speaker and took a stand against the British government.

• powerful
• motivational speaker

Patrick Henry went down in history as the "__________".

• founding father
• voice of freedom

Deals with using facts, evidence, and conclusions that make sense to the reader or listener.

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

According to Henry, if he did not speak up, he would be guilty of:

• Treason against his country and disloyalty to God
• Cowardice and bigamy
• Political suicide

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to Henry, what do most people do when they are faced with a painful truth?

• Ignore the truth
• Sing a siren's song
• Turn into beasts

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!" is an example of 

• imagery
• repetition
• restatement

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Suffer not yourself to be betrayed with a kiss" is what rhetorical device?

• allusion
• illusion
• imagery

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3