Patrick Henry wrote the speech, Speech to the Virginia Convention to promote colonist to fight for their independence. By making this speech Henry criticizes the British king which could have led to his death for treason, if the colonist did not win independence. Throughout Henry’s speech he used rhetorical strategy, repetition which is the use of emphasizing a word or phrases through a piece. “We must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!” (Henry 3) repeated “we must fight” that has a connotation of as a unity there is no other option but war. The three words “we must fight” has an encouraging tone because it’s a battle cry of unity. The colonist need to stick together through the battle that is about to come.
