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Give Me Libery or Give Me Death Rhetoric
Patrick Henry uses rhetoric when comparing the colonists as slaves being treated poorly by the British. In his statement he says "They are sent over to bind and rivet upon those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging" He also uses rhetoric by using figurative language. He says," We have doen everything that could be done to avert the storn which is now coming".
Make sure you review your spelling before submitting a response. In the Olive Branch Petition(My document), the biggest difference was the tone of language the author's used. It seems like Give me Liberty or Give me Death was very explicit with their wording. Henry straight up said how the colonists felt and he wrote that they were ready for war at any moment. However, in the Olive Branch Petition the author was careful with their wording and tried to make peace with the British. A similarity is that both documents express their need to be independent from England.