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spurpose.
A.ToarguethatthenationshouldbereadyforawarofresistanceagainstBritain.
B.Todisputetheargumentpresentedinthespeechesofpreviousspeakers.
C.Tocalluponthehousetoabandonslavery.
D.TocherishinfinitefaithinGodwhopresidesoverthedestiniesofthenations.
Key:
[A]
2.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.
1)PatrickHenrythinkshighlyofthepatriotismofaswellastheabilitiesofthenoblegentlemenwhohavejustmadespeechestothehouse.[T]
2)Henryagreesthatfleetsandarmiesarenecessarytoaworkofloveandreconciliation.[F]
3)TheBritishministry'
sthreateningactionsdonotagreewiththeirpolitereceptionoftheVirginians'
petition.[T]
4)TheVirginianshavebeentryingeverythingpossibletoopposetheBritishministryforthelasttenyears,butithasallbeeninvain.[T]
5)TheVirginiansaresoweakastobeunabletocopewithsoformidableanadversary.[F]
4.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.
1)However,differentpeoplefrequentlyviewthesameissuefromdifferentperspectives.
2)Thisisnotatimeforformalities./Thisisatimeforapromptdecisionandimmediateactions.Thequestionthehouseisfacedwithisanissueofvitalimportancetothiscountry.
3)Wetendtoturnablindeyetoapainfulreality,andlistentothesongofthatseanymphuntilshechangesuscompletelyintobeasts.
4)Asforme,I’mwillingtoknowthewholetruthandbepreparedfortheworstthatmighthappen,nomatterhowmuchpainImayendure.
5)Thecunningsmilemayturnouttobesomethingthatwilltrapyourfeetandmakeyoufall.
6)Thesearethetoolsofwarandinstrumentsofconquering--thelastmeanskingswillturntowhenallargumentsfallflat.
7)Wehavebeenhumbleandsubmissiveinfrontofthethrone,andhavebeseechedhertointerveneortakeactiontostopthetyrannicalruleoftheBritishministryandParliament.
8)Thevictoryofthebattledoesnotbelongtothestrongsidealone;
itbelongstothosewhoarevigilant,activeandbrave.
9)Itisuselesstomakethesituationlessserious.
II.WritingStrategies
Thistext,afamousspeech,isanexcellentargumentativeessay.Thespeechiswellorganizedandhighlyrhetorical.Inordertomakehisspeechpowerfulandconvincing,aswellastoappealtotheaudience'
semotionsandachievehispurpose,theoratornotonlyselectsappropriatewords,expressionsandsentences,butalsoemploysrhetoricaldevices,suchasmetaphor,metonymy,repetition,parallelism,rhetoricalquestions,etc.Thebeginningparagraphisstimulatingandunusualandarousesthelisteners'
orthereaders'
interest.Andtheconcludingparagraphiseffective,inspiringandpersuasive,reflectingthespeaker'
sattitudeforcefullyandprofoundly.
Thefollowingquestionsaretobeanswered:
(1)Inwhatwayisthebeginningofthisspeechveryattractive?
Boththecontentandthetoneofthebeginningmakeitveryappealingtotheaudience.Thefirsttwosentencesareparticularlyeye-catchingandcapableofarousingthereaders'
interest,becausetheypresentasharpcontrastofdifferentopinions.Thefirstsentencemakesitclearthatthespeakergreatlyadmirestheworthygentlemenfortheirpatriotismandabilities,whilethesecondsentencepointsoutthatheentertainsentirelydifferentopinions.
Next,thespeakerdefinesthequestionbeforethehouseasoneoffreedomorslavery,whichclearlystatesthecriticalimportanceofthequestion.Then,herendersitcrystalclearwhyheisduty-boundtospeakforthhissentiments.Thelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphindirectlyhighlightsthegreatimportanceofhisopinions.
(2)Inwhatwayistheconcludingparagrapheffective?
Thelastparagraphexpressesthespeaker'
ssentimentsquiteclearlyandeffectively,anditimpressivelycallsonpeopletofightforfreedom.Itcreatesanatmosphereofurgency,urgingpeopletothrowthemselvesintothebattletofightforfreedom.Itistobenotedthatthesecondsentenceandthefollowingthreepresentasharpcontrast:
thegentlemenkeepcrying,"
Peace,peace"
butasamatteroffact,nopeaceexists.Thelastsentenceisparticularlystimulating,foritnotonlyexpressestheorator'
sownattitudetowardslife,butalsosucceedsincallingonpeopletofightforliberty.
(3)Howisthebeginningrelatedtotheconcludingparagraph?
Thebeginningiscloselyrelatedtotheconclusioninthefollowingtwoways.First,boththebeginningandtheconclusionpresentthesharpcontrast:
theactualsituationisquitedifferentfromwhatthegentlemenclaim.Secondly,thebeginningisconnectedwiththeconc
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