OER: What is Jefferson’s main strategy for achieving his purpose?

1. OER: What is Jefferson’s main strategy for achieving his purpose?

2. Claim The Author uses this device for this purpose.

3. Data/Evidence:  Blend the evidence of use of the term. (Blend data into warrant if possible and limit word count on data to 6-ish words)

4. Warrant Why is this evidence of this term? Relate term to purpose.

5. Backing How/So What:  Effect upon audience

6. Word Glue Remember to use your word glue.

7. Pathos • Patrick Henry uses pathos to stir his audience's anger toward the British and convince them that reconciliation is not an option. • He skillfully employs an extended metaphor to slavery pointing out that "[their] chains are [already] forged" by the British. • This metaphor implies that while his audience may perceive their actions as attempts at passive reconciliation, the British instead are taking advantage of them. • The intended effect of this device is to fuel the audience's anger to the point where they will no longer sit idly by and allow England to enslave them but instead rise up and join the war that's already at their door.

8. Logos • Patrick Henry uses logos to convince his audience that there is no hope for reconciliation with the British. • Henry logically uses examples of warlike behavior from the British such as, “this martial array” and “this accumulation of navies and armies.”  • These examples of force demonstrate that the British are not attempting to reconcile with the colonies, but instead control them.  • His audience understands that the British are not listening to them or seeking a peaceful solution.  The British are just trying to intimidate the colonists into obedience and will very likely use violence if necessary.

9. Ethos • Patrick Henry uses ethos to convince his audience that they should listen to his argument and trust him.  • By referring to those he disagrees with as “worthy gentlemen” and even praising their “patriotism,” he establishes that he is a man who shows respect for his opponents.  • His audience understands that someone who respects them must have patiently listened to their argument and therefore deserves to be listened to as well.  • He demonstrates his own “worth” to his audience by showing his ability to act like a “gentleman” himself.

10. Syllogism/Logic • Patrick Henry uses syllogistic logic to convince his audience that there is no hope for reconciliation with Britain.  • Using an axiom that his listeners will trust as the major premise to begin his syllogism, Henry states that he "know[s] of no way of judging the future but by the past."  • Henry reviews the history of their present conflict, reminding his listeners of "those warlike preparations" of sending "fleets and armies" to demonstrate his minor premise through these and other examples in which he characterizes the past as full of nothing but strife and perpetual tyranny.  • By framing his own argument as one founded upon "experience" and his opposition as resting upon the "illusions of hope," Henry adds to the likely success of his logical reasoning to persuade his listeners to agree with his conclusion that the future can only hold similar hostilities. • The overwhelming weight of the numerous examples of malicious behavior are likely to sway his listeners to agree that war is the most probable outcome of their present circumstances.