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surrender speech
by black hawk
1832
black hawk was a chief of the sauk indians. though the
sauk had forfeited their lands east of the mississippi in
an 1804 treaty, black hawk believed the treaty to be
invalid. angered by the loss of their lands and by
incoming white settlers, black hawk led a brief war
against u.s. forces. while black hawk won an initial
victory, his warriors were defeated. black hawk
surrendered fifteen weeks after the conflict began.
you have taken me prisoner with all my warriors. i am
much grieved, for i expected, if i did not defeat you, to
hold out much longer, and give you more trouble before i
surrendered. i tried hard to bring you into ambush, but
your last general understands indian fighting. the first
how does black hawk use rhetoric in this line to advance
his purpose?
his heart is dead, and no longer beats quick in his bosom.
he uses logos, stating his feelings in a way
that requires his audience to make a logical
connection between experiencing defeat and
experiencing death.
he uses ethos, demonstrating his willingness
to die for what is ethical and good to express
his audience the importance of sacrifice.
he uses hyperbole, exaggerating his feelings
of defeat by describing the experience as
death, indicating to the audience that the two
feelings carry similar weight.

Explanation:

The line "His heart is dead, and no longer beats quick in his bosom" is an overstatement of the despair from defeat, framing emotional pain as literal death. This is hyperbole, not logos (no logical connection) or ethos (no focus on ethics/sacrifice).

Answer:

He uses hyperbole, exaggerating his feelings of defeat by describing the experience as death, indicating to the audience that the two feelings carry similar weight.