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    The 272 words that Abraham Lincoln spoke on the date of November 19‚ 1863 were so significant.Those 272 handwritten words proved to be a truly monumental speech.. Lincoln presents many major points in the speech but the two main ones are the proposition of the founding fathers and the men who served in the Civil War. In the beginning of his speech Lincoln reminds us of the proposition in which the founding fathers created this nation on. “and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created

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    One third of civil war soldiers were immigrants‚ about 1 in 10 were African American. Lincoln’s overall goal was to preserve the union and create equality. Support of his goal was presented in the Gettysburg address in the line‚ “ That we here highly resolve that these dead have not died in vain-that this nation under god‚ shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people‚ shall not perish from the earth.” Lincoln believed in the principle of human

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    On August 28 of 1963‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. delivered a speech titled “I Have a Dream” at the Lincoln Memorial‚ Washington D.C. The speech’s purpose was to address racism and to motivate the civil rights activists to fight for the Negroes’ freedom. Martin Luther King‚ Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech was rhetorically effective due to: the eloquent delivery of his speech through repetitive phrases‚ his reputation and reference to Lincoln‚ and referring to historically significant documents to back up

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    The Lincoln Memorial and its Greco-Roman Architecture Greece and Rome can be known to the world as one of the most famous civilizations that lived‚ Greece specifically being one of the cultural foundations of western civilization to most historians. They thrived with culture‚ had rulers who influenced some of the decisions that we have made today (like not using a tyranny‚ but a democracy for government) and because of that Greco Roman architecture has always been viewed as the most recognizable

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    We will also be looking at the early lives of these two speakers that changed history with their voice. The speech from Abraham lincoln is still known today very well it is one of the most popular speeches he ever gave. It was called the “Gettysburg Address”. This speech was presented about a year and a half before the end of the Civil War. The speech talked about how every man

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    R5 AP Language September 23‚ 2013 Martin Luther King’s Use of Rhetoric Martin Luther King uses a lot of Rhetoric in his speeches‚ which he addressed to the public back in the 1960s. Most of his speeches where telecast and were watched by the whole nation most famously the I Have a Dream Speech. King used a lot of anaphora‚ antithesis‚ Allusion‚ parallelism and metaphors in his I Have a Dream speech‚ which appealed to people’s emotional side. Anaphora is the repetition of words at the

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    them a reason to keep fighting‚ he also used it to give a reason behind the war to the citizens. It was a political move on its own. These tactics are still used in the world today‚ such as the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and as far back as the Gettysburg Address. Pericles believed that personal glory was one of the rare things you could have‚ and fighting in the war and giving your life for your city was one of the highest glories you could bestow‚ so therefore he glorified the war not the people

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    hindrance‚ and the speech by Dr. King: “I have a dream” is a symbol of that‚ because during the 1950’s Africans peacefully protested for freedom‚ as so northerner’s did in the 1850’s for slaves to be free. And through other speeches like the “Gettysburg address were people able to realize‚ this land was made to be free‚ from the beginning to the end. And most defiantly was this shown was through ethos‚ a source of credibility by the speaker‚ through the speakers ethos‚ to past experience‚ and even

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    “We must...” are all examples of repeating the past and now is the future. King repeats his themes many of times‚ “freedom” is said twenty different times and “nation” is said ten times. “Five score years ago…” refers to Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address speech which began “Four score and seven years ago…” This allusion is particularly poignant given that King was speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial. This happens to be the sentence that I think is the most effective. In honor of a great

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    their own speeches so they know how they want it to sound. When I read The Gettysburg Address myself it was from my perspective. Sometimes when I read somebody’s work‚ it’s not as powerful as the original reciter‚ Abraham Lincoln has a more influential voice‚ as a reader we understand how powerful it is but‚ we don’t feel the power behind the words and during the time that Lincoln did his speech about The Gettysburg Address was significant. There was a part in the speech in the beginning to be more

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