The main rhetorical device used in the excerpt is rhetorical question. Patrick Henry is asking a question not to elicit an answer, but to provoke thought and emphasize the lack of justification for the optimistic hopes regarding the British ministry's conduct.
Question 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. (1 point) Responses rhetorical question rhetorical question juxtaposition juxtaposition analogy analogy hyperbole
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