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Vladimir [108]
3 years ago
8

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. If we wish to be free if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privile

ges for which we have been so long contending if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! What rhetorical device does Patrick Henry employ in this excerpt from his Virginia Convention speech? antithesis parallelism an appeal to reason a rhetorical question
English
2 answers:
Scilla [17]3 years ago
7 0

I believe this is a hyperbole, because he is using emotion to try and get their attention.

Alex17521 [72]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The right anwer is "an appeal to reason".

Explanation:

The writer uses a series of resources to appeal to people's reason in order to gain support for a fight. He reminds the audience about work already done "if we mean not to basely abandon the noble struggle we have so long engaged". Moreover, a moral commitment is brought up "we have pledged ourselves never to abandon...". The appeal is presented so that no answers other than to forge ahead and fight seem reasonable.

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