English 11A - Informative Essay Attached is a speech given by a famous American Patrick Henry was speaking to the Virginia Conventio
in 1775. His purpose is to convince them that the colonists needed to fight for their freedom from British
rule. Read the speech from the link below then, in a multi-paragraph essay, trace Henry's argument. How
does he build his argument? What main ideas does he espouse and what evidence of each does he
include? In your conclusion, you should evaluate the persuasiveness of his argument.

Read this excerpt from holes. he had no sailing experience, but the ship’s captain signed him aboard. the captain could see that elya was a man of great strength. not everybody could carry a full-grown pig up the side of a mountain. it wasn’t until the ship had cleared the harbor and was heading out across the atlantic that he suddenly remembered his promise to carry madame zeroni up the mountain. he felt terrible. what information does this flashback provide about elya? a.elya did not intend to break his promise to madame zeroni. b.madame zeroni is very angry and disappointed in elya. c.elya is terribly afraid of madame zeroni’s curse. d.elya does not care what happened to madame zeroni.

Which of the following words in bold means “to put before something else”? a) the broken device sat unused in a box. b) jose wanted to defermaking a decision about college until the spring. c) ashok’s counsel was to go to the store tomorrow. d) i would prefer to go to a movie this weekend instead of the play.

John asks mond why they have to have whole groups of identical deltas. why not make everyone an alpha plus like bernard and helmholtz? are you satisfied with mond’s answer?