Part+2-Focus+on+Literary+Forms-Speeches

=__Speeches in History__=

Jennifer Corona Ryan Esfahani Sean Ulrich

=“Give me liberty or give me death” by Patrick Henry= =“Four score and seven years ago…” by Abraham Lincoln= =“I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr.=

All the previous speeches are very important and have helped define American history. They are treasured and and have helped shape our nation to what it is today.
===Different speeches by many historical figures have shaped what our country is today. These speeches express our goals, feelings, emotions, and necessitites in a way that brings together crowds and moves its listeners to feel certain emotions.===

===Throughout history writing has been used as a tool to express emotion, feelings, persuasion, etc... Speeches, more than any other form of writing, use literary devices to obtain their goals. In the following speeches: Speech in the Virginia Convention (Patrick Henry), Speech in the Convention (Benjamin Franklin), and in the Inaugural Address (John F. Kennedy) many [| literary devices] are used.===

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Speech in the Virginia Convention By: Patrick Henry Speech in the Convention By: Benjamin Franklin Inaugural Address By: John F. Kennedy

Speeches in History Works Cited