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you’ve now had the opportunity to look closely at rhetorical devices in patrick henry’s speech and thomas paine’s common sense. before going on to write your own argumentative text about the american revolution, take a moment to review what you’ve learned.
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when patrick henry speaks of his own experience as the basis of his argument, he is appealing to
logos rhetoric ethos pathos
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Ethos is a rhetorical appeal that relies on the speaker's credibility, experience, or authority to persuade an audience. Drawing on personal experience establishes the speaker's trustworthiness and firsthand knowledge, which is a core use of ethos. Logos relies on logic/reason, pathos on emotion, and rhetoric is the broader term for persuasive language overall.
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