Assignment Inside the Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address is a remarkable speech. It is only 272 words long and took only two minutes to deliver. But it had a profound effect on the nation—both then and now. President Lincoln was not even the principal speaker on November 19‚ 1863 at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery‚ just four months after the battle there. The key speaker was Edward Everett‚ a renowned orator who talked for over two hours. Later Everett wrote Lincoln to say that "I
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They wrote 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
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Abraham Lincoln uses anaphora‚ antithesis‚ and allusion in his speech‚ "The Gettysburg Address"‚ to motivate and inspire fellow Americans to finish the almost-completed task that the soldiers fought for ‚ equality. In the third paragraph‚ President Lincoln declares‚ "we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground." Abraham is referring to the field in which the Battle of Gettysburg was fought. He believes that the Americans should dedicate the field to the soldiers‚ that
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In Abraham Lincoln’s speech “The Gettysburg Address”‚ he explains why the great civil war was fought and keeps on urging the public to continue fighting. His argument developed through rhetorical devices of juxtaposition‚ repetition‚ and diction. His purpose in speaking is to encourage the American population to go on battle in order to unite the nation and keep their pride. His primary audience is the American public‚ especially those with the capability to fight. First of all‚ Lincoln starts
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Abraham Lincoln was our president during the Civil War who wrote Gettysburg Address. Dr. Martin Luther King was a Civil Rights leader who gave the I have a Dream speech by LIncoln Memorial. President Lincoln and Dr. King both addressed the issue of freedom in their speeches. Both used rhetorical devices such as‚ repetition and parallelism. Each speech had its own purpose.Lincoln’s purpose was to finish the war the north had started; while Dr. King’s was to demand a change for blacks across America
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Abraham Lincoln Thesis: Abraham Lincoln really is a man that we know so little about how he came to be the president. In the year of 1809 on February 12th‚ a baby boy was born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. This boy was Abraham Lincoln after his grandfather who passed away. He was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky as where his siblings Sarah and Thomas (who died as an infant). “When first my father settled here it was than the frontier line‚ The Panther’s screams filled the night
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Abraham Lincoln‚ in the Gettysburg Address‚ uses his rhetorical skillsets to help dedicate the land to the fallen soldiers‚ as he uses multiple literary devices. He refers to the colloquial of the founding fathers to this nation and the authors of the Declaration of Independance. He aspires the remaining soldiers‚ and the local people of Gettysburg to continue to fight for a reason‚ equality and liberty‚ the foundation of the United States‚ as he assures that the fallen will not be in vain. Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln on Slavery Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809‚ in Hardin County‚ Kentucky (Abraham Lincoln Slavery and the Civil War‚ pg. 211‚ Johnson). Many Americans believe him to be one of the greatest presidents to ever serve in office. One thing that distinguished Lincoln from all the other former presidents was his distinct philosophy on slavery: that it is unfair and unjust to enslave another human being. Lincoln supported his opinion with a simple formula labeled the ‘Fragment on
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Abraham Lincoln and Slavery What did Abraham Lincoln do and think regarding slavery during the Civil War? In Abraham’s First Inaugural Address he states "I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that I have no purpose‚ directly or indirectly‚ to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so‚ and I have no inclination to do so."" (Pg 53-54) Lincoln did not want the South to be afraid of his Republican Presidency
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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‚ but to
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