an ability to speak to us‚ hence stimulating many different responses as time goes by. This value is present in speeches such as “Among us you can dwell no longer” delivered by Cicero in 63 BC in the presence of a Roman Senate‚ Lincoln’s 186 “Gettysburg Address” orated during the Civil War and Keating’s 1993 “Funeral Service of the Unknown Soldier” given at the Australian War Memorial. Along with universal values of patriotism and loyalty despite difference in time and context‚ all three speeches are
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fights breaking out. King uses Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and‚ Logos to make his point to get his idea and dreams across and he gives substantial evidence. Ethos when King begins his speech he uses the same tactic that Abraham Lincoln himself used in the Gettysburg Address he caught their attention by saying “ Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose shadow we stand today‚ signed the emancipation proclamation.” King uses the fact the Abraham Lincoln one of the good presidents we have had was with the idea
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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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instruments that encouraged Kennedy and his team to take further steps towards racial equality. King effectively utilizes numerous linguistic devices‚ such as metaphors‚ anaphoras‚ allusions‚ and provides an abundance of specific examples in his address and this all makes the speech more convincing and memorable. But before we look at these rhetorical devices employed in the speech in more detail‚ a brief summary of the discourse may be helpful. It can be divided into two parts. In the first part
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Without Martin Luther King Jr and his bravery and courage‚ the Civil Rights Movement would not have been as successful or have such a tremendous impact on America. In the 1950s and 1960s‚ African Americans were not treated equally and Dr. King led a movement into gaining their civil rights. King contributed to the civil rights movement by organizing nonviolent protests‚ marches‚ sit ins and other significant movements. An important movement was the Montgomery bus boycott‚ which resulted in his home
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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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hundred fifty years after the conclusion of a bloody war that decimated America‚ I was selected from a national pool of applicants to be one of a handful of high school students to receive a scholarship to attend the annual Civil War conference at Gettysburg College. With everything from lectures about Chamberlain to a bus tour tracing Robert E. Lee’s final retreat to discussions with renowned historian James McPherson‚ my erudite group was buzzing with excitement upon arrival. Every lecture‚ panel
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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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