Constitutional Convention

     The speech "Speech in the Convention" is taking place in the Constitutional Convention in 1787. This speech is said by Benjamin Franklin emphasizing the importance of a constitution but also trying to be very persuading. His audience were the colonial representatives that had come together from all thirteen colonies to listen to Benjamin Franklin and his ideas about the constitution. The purpose of this speech was for him to persuade the others into unity and to work as one with written rules and rights. During his whole speech he was very calm, reasonable, and logical.
     During the speech many different types of rhetorical devices are used to emphasize certain parts. He uses many rhetorical questions trying to grab his audiences attention while they try to answer that question in there head even though Benjamin Franklin had already said the answer. He also compares his audience to instruments because whatever we hear we are echoing it and said it needs to be well administered for the constitution to actually work. Through this speech, Benjamin Franklin was trying to state and persuade his audience why the constitution is important and in what ways it will be possible for us to achieve it. With his speech, he was able to grab all of our attentions and make the constitution possible to write and follow in the future until today.