Read the passage. excerpt from "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!" by Patrick Henry

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. 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?

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this speech.

Which statement best describes Patrick Henry's use of ethos in this excerpt?

He diminishes the importance of his past, reinforcing the idea that they are all Americans now.

He exaggerates his qualifications and experience to manipulate his audience.

He explains that he is simply one of the people, which builds a connection with listeners.

He uses his past experiences to establish his authority.

boldness and strongness. don't let others bully you, stand up for yourself

explanation:

motion can be transfered from one object to another by having an objetct in motion push or hit it

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

which words are in bold?