Part one of term paper
Persuasion is a form of speaking or writing that aims to move an audience to take action. The speaker must not only win the audience's agreement, but push them to execute the appropriate task. Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention is one of the most powerful examples of persuasion of that time period. It is Henry's mastery of ...

Part two of term paper
... to the members present. Henry states that "this is no time for ceremony" relating the sense of immediacy of the situation, that the "war is actually begun" and it is imperative that the members vote to arm themselves in defense. Henry defines his speech as opposing those who favor peace and supporting he arming of the colonists against the British. In order to support his "call to action" to the learned group of men at the Virginia Convention, Henry had to provide substantial proof endors ...