What is the speaker's purpose of "give me liberty, or give me death! "
a) to entertain his audience with an impassioned story about patriotism.
b) to convey to the audience his opinion of what a model government looks like. c) to motivate his audience to take action against british oppression.
d) to inform his audience of the benefits of british rule

C) To motivate his audience to take action against British oppression.

Explanation:

"Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!" is a famous phrase from Patrick Henry's speech which he made before Second Verginia Convention on March 23, 1775. By this speech and specifially through this phrase he convinced and motivated the convention to pass a resolution delivering Verginian troops for the American War of Independence (1775–1783) against British forces.

Future U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were also among the delegates to the convention.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)