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Read this line from Patrick Henry's speech:


We have petitioned – we have remonstrated – we have supplicated – we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliame


What is the primary emotion he appeals to here?

A.) Guilt



B.) Frustration


C.) Hope



D.) Excitement

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mckinleyadeline

Frustration. He is talking Angrily towards the power of the throne, and expressing frustration

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Answer:

B.) Frustration

Explanation:

In these lines, Patrick Henry emphasizes frustration. He tells us that the colonists have exhausted every medium of communication with the King. Henry uses words such as "remonstrated," "supplicated," "prostrated" and "implored" in order to show how the colonists have exhausted all possibilities and how this makes them understandably desperate.

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