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    main story Recipe for Success 1. Contrasts 2. Three-part lists 3. Contrasts combined with lists 4. Alliteration 5. Bold imagery 6. Audience analysis He had delegated his aide Ted Sorensen to read all the previous presidential inaugurals‚ with the additional brief of trying to crack the code that had made Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address such a hit. Fifty years on‚ the debate about whether he or Sorensen played the greater part in composing the speech matters less than the fact that

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    longer to reload than those that we use today. I find three of these parks to be of more importance than the other ones. The first park would have to be Gettysburg Military Park‚ due to the fact that that was where the bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place‚ leading to the deaths of 50‚000‚ it also caused Lincoln to create the Gettysburg Address. The next park I find of uttermost importance to be kept would have to be the Acadia National Park due to the fact that they had a bit of trouble with

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    Abraham Lincoln’s 1863CE speech “The Gettysburg Address” and Socrate’s 399BCE speech “No Evil can happen to a good man” have withstood the test of time and has given the present and future generations with a speech worth studying. Although both speeches were given at different times‚ in different contexts and to different audiences‚ it has both been momentously delivered and the studies carried out on these speeches help the modern generations to understand the morals‚ values and historical contexts

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    Abraham Lincoln uses many different language techniques in his speech ‘The Gettysburg Address’‚ these techniques help engage the audience into what is being asked from them. These language techniques are: Positive and Negative Connotation‚ Personal Pronouns and Repetition. These demonstrate the Rhetorical Triangle: Pathos‚ Ethos and Logos. A variety of personal Pronouns are used in Abraham Lincoln’s speech‚ ‘The Gettysburg Address’. Lincoln often uses the words ‘we’ and ‘us’‚ this refers to the war period

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    AP Language‚ period 1 Kaitlyn Vallance SOAPSTONE CHART -The Gettysburg Address 30 August 2010 SPEAKER | Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America and he help office during the Civil War. During the Civil War‚ the North and South split into two sides – the Union in the north led by president Lincoln and the Confederacy in the south led by president Davis. Originally‚ the Civil War was not an attempt by Lincoln to abolish slavery and emancipate the slaves

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    submit your work to your teacher. 1. Comparing Speeches a. Read President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech. What emotions do you feel while reading these speeches? What elements of the speeches evoke these emotions? Type your response here: The Gettysburg address strikes emotion in everyone‚ due to the who wrote it & due to the subject material. The Gettysburg address evokes happiness‚ sadness‚ & pride in our country‚ In the speech Lincoln makes lots

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    In a world where cultures differ and ideas are seldom the same‚ disagreements are recurrent among the people living in them. In the mid-1800’s America was in the middle of a dispute that changed the history books forever. The Civil War. This was a war that tore America apart. The South was agricultural driven and formed the Confederate states of America. The North remained loyal and stayed under the Union. Consequently this was one of America’s lowest points in history. The article‚ Death and Dying

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    specifically states : “But let justice roll on like a river‚ righteousness like a never-failing stream!”Another example of one‚ is to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address when King states “Five score years ago” at the start of his speech‚ which King is directly lamenting to the phrase “Four score and seven years ago” that started in the beginning of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.The biblical allusion that King refers to explains how people think of a stream as being mighty and overwhelming‚ which elevates King’s

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    events that are much more important than some though. One moment in history that I think is important is‚ the Gettysburg Address. Why is this an important moment? It is important because of all the soldiers that died‚ it relates to other important moments‚ and is short but one of the most meaningful documents to Americans. Many things have happened in American history. The Battle of Gettysburg is what most will say the turning point in the war. It’s just that Lincoln did not really take the win as a

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    famous reference to the Emancipation Proclamation was in a speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the 1963 march for Jobs and Freedom. Another legacy was president Kennedy. On June 11 in 1963‚ Kennedy appeared on national television to address the issue of civil rights. He addressed the issue that slaves weren’t fully free and he wanted to fully free all

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