Prompt: Analyze the rhetorical strategies either Patrick Henry (in his speech to the Virginia Convention) or Thomas Paine (in "The Crisis") uses to call American colonists to action

Prompt: Analyze the rhetorical strategies either Patrick Henry (in his speech to the Virginia Convention) or Thomas Paine (in “The Crisis”) uses to call American colonists to action.

1. 
   Introduction
   
   1. 
      Establish historical context.
      
   2. 
      Thesis: In his speech to the Virginia Convention OR “The Crisis,” Patrick Henry OR Thomas Paine uses _____, _____, and ______ in order to ________________________.
      

2. 
   Body paragraph 1
   
   1. 
      Topic sentence introducing 1^st rhetorical device
      
   2. 
      Evidence of such device
      
   3. 
      Analysis of evidence and its connection to your thesis (wait to include in actual essay)
      

3. 
   Body paragraph 2
   
   1. 
      Topic sentence introducing 2^nd rhetorical device
      
   2. 
      Evidence of such device
      
   3. 
      Analysis of evidence and its connection to your thesis (wait to include in actual essay)
      

4. 
   Body paragraph 3
   
   1. 
      Topic sentence introducing 3^rd rhetorical device
      
   2. 
      Evidence of such device
      
   3. 
      Analysis of evidence and its connection to your thesis (wait to include in actual essay)
      

5. 
   Conclusion
   
   1. 
      Reiterate main points of analysis (wait to include in actual essay)
      
   2. 
      Eloquently close (wait to include in actual essay)