It was November 19‚ 1863. Lincoln stood on a platform in the midst of a battlefield in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania and spoke these words: "...we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation‚ under God‚ shall have a new birth of freedom” (Abraham Lincoln Quotes). In Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address‚ he explains that the soldiers‚ who fought so bravely in the Civil War‚ did not die without cause. Instead‚ they fought to change America for the better in multiple ways. There
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Discussion Board 4 Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and King’s I Have a Dream are two of the most powerful and emotional speeches ever given in American history. Lincoln’s speech delivered against the backdrop of the bloodstained battlefield of fallen brothers and King’s given one hundred years later beneath the watchful eyes of the Lincoln Memorial contain some striking similarities and contrasts. The two speeches both begin with references to important dates in history. Lincoln’s “four score and
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to still educate‚ motivate‚ and persuade everyone to do away with segeration between whites and blacks one race to another.In preparing the speech King studied the Bible‚ Gettysburg Address‚ and the Declaration of Independence which he alludes all three in his speech. He was already a known Reveron so it was natural for the tone to sound little church sermon yet descriptive. He had competence‚ character which made people listen. He had Initial‚ derived‚ and terminal Credibility. He reasoned from principal
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can do to improve our school. Heroes are in everyday life‚ whether they stand out or not. For example‚ Abraham Lincoln was a hero. This man lead this country through the Civil War. He fought to end slavery‚ and gave that famous speech ’The Gettysburg Address’. He’s an
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echoes of the Gettysburg address could be heard as well as the Declaration of Independence and the Bible. It has been called “masterfully delivered and improvised sermon‚ bursting with biblical language and imagery.”The passionate speech is filled with rhetorical devices that help ground into earth King’s demands of racial equality and outcries of social injustice. The second paragraph of the speech starts with “Five score years ago”‚ an allusion to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. This is particularly
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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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