Persuasion in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention Persuasion is a form of speaking or writing that aims to move an audience to take action. The speaker must not only win the audience's agreement, but push them to execute the appropriate task. Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention is one of the most powerful examples of persuasion of that time period. It is Henry's mastery of the persuasive elements such as the call to action, the proof and motivation for this action and the heightened style that make his address so moving. The first priority in Henry's Speech to the Vi