Rhetorical devices - Neoclassicalism

What is the tone of Patrick Henry in "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"

"No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House."

• respectful

• camaraderie

• funny

Which rhetorical element is seen here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"

"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament."

• Biblical Allusion

• antithesis

• parallelism

Which literary element is seen (underlined) here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"

"Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?"

• allusion

• irony

• antithesis

Which rhetorical element is seen here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"

"Give me liberty, or give me death!"

• rhetorical question

• antithesis

• parallelism

Which literary element is seen in the underlined part of Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"

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

• antithesis

• simile

• metaphor

Which rhetorical device is seen here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweat..."

• parallelism

• repetition

• allusion

• analogy

Which rhetorical device is seen here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?" 
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament." 

• parallelism 
• rhetorical question
• allusion
• analogy 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which rhetorical device is seen here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?" 
"But when shall we be stronger? Will it be next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed...? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs....?"

• repetition
• rhetorical question
• allusion
• analogy 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

which word best explains the meaning of insidious?

• clever

• treacherous

• innocent

which sentence is correct?

• when the rider felt pain in his back, he lay supinely on the ground.

• I lay supinely with my face downwards.

• Newborn babies are unable to lay supinely.