The main rhetorical device used in the excerpt from Patrick Henry’s speech is rhetorical question. He poses a question about the British ministry's conduct, emphasizing skepticism about their intentions and urging his audience to reflect critically on the past as they consider the future.
Read the excerpt from Patrick Henry’s speech “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death.” What is the main rhetorical device used in the excerpt?
I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House.
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juxtaposition
juxtaposition
analogy
analogy
hyperbole
hyperbole
rhetorical question
rhetorical question
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