In the article "Give me Liberty or Give Me Death" Pick Henry, the author of this writing, uses sensory detail to draw in the reader into what he is arguing. in the sentence " We are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth -- and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?" Henry uses various compositional techniques to draw out an image so the reader can 'experience' what he is trying to detail. He also uses various figures of speech and metaphors such as, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; And that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past" This entails such a creative way to provoke the reader to agree with Henry's ideology that he is learning from his experiences and past to make a positive contribution, thus by fixing the errors of the past to improve the future.