Patrick Henry's Speech to Virginia Convention

What audience is Patrick Henry addressing in his speech?

• 1st Continental Congress

• The Virginia Convention

• The Royal Court

• 2nd Continental Congress

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Patrick Henry attempting to persuade his audience to do?

• Travel to Britain

• Boycott British goods

• Make peace with Britain

• Go to war with Britain

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Henry claim he would be guilty of if he didn't give his opinion?

• Murder

• Treason

• Perjury

• Obstruction

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

They tell us that we are weak. . . But when shall we be stronger?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves...Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded

• Ethos

• Personification

• Parallelism

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The millions of people...are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience" is an example of what figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Henry saying about hope when he calls it a "delusive phantom?"

• What they hope for is unachievable

• Hope is all that they have left

• They have lost all hope

• Hope never fails

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9