How John Adams Used Rhetoric.

In the television show John Adams, we see John Adams trying to persuade the continental congress that a declaration for independence is the only way to go.  He uses storytelling (pathos) when he recreates the events of the British killing his friends and fellow townspeople.  John Adams also incorporates belief into his speeches by showing all of the animosities that the colonies have already been through, and what they believe will happen after that, things will only get worse, again playing on his audience's emotions. Towards the end of his final speech of the episode, John Adams uses volume control when he drops his voice to a quieter tone and underplaying his own emotion.