Rhetorical Techniques Used In Jonathan Edward And Patrick Henry

Many people have high positions in life, which results in them having to give speeches in order to persuade others to do better and be their better selves. To do this speakers use rhetorical devices in order to appeal to the audience, these devices include logos, pathos, and ethos. Two examples of these speakers are Jonathan Edward and Patrick Henry. Both of these people hold high positions in life and use these positions to convince people to excel in life. Jonathan, seeing as he is a preacher at his church, uses pathos to appeal to his church’s emotions when speaking to his congregation and asking for repentance. While Patrick is a writer who wrote the speech to the Virginia Convention and used his words as evidence to convince his audience …show more content…
Some speakers use pathos, appealing to an audience's’ emotions. Some speakers refer to a different tactic as well, ethos which uses evidence and reasoning to prove a point. Johnathan used a lot of ethos and pathos in his speeches that he spoke one example can be found in his quote, ¨His wrath towards you burns like a fire¨ (paragraph, 3 line: 17) When Johnathan says this he is meaning god's wrath is like a fire; wild and destructive. Johnathan is trying to say that the people should ask for repent because if they continue to sin and not pray for repent the end result would be worse because as Jonathan states in his speech, ¨The longer the stream is stopped the more rapid and rapid its currents, when it is let loose¨(paragraph, 1 line: 2-3). Then at the end of his speech Jonathan says, “The wrath of almighty god is now undoubtedly hanging over a great part of this congregation.” (Paragraph 5 line 27 ). Jonathan was successful in his speech which was used to convince his congregation to ask for repent. This was to avoid going to hell when they die and go to heaven as a result of …show more content…
These ways of speaking occur in our everyday lives even if we don't realize it. We are always trying to convince someone to do something. One example of this is if you are completing a task that you don’t want to do. We often have to think to ourselves whether or not the task will benefit us in the future or not if it doesn’t get done. If you are able to convince others to complete a task in place of yourself, then you will be better suited for your work environment. By giving people a convincing reason to complete a task, everyone, including yourself, will be able to complete their work and lighten the amount of work that needs