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here are some rhetorical devices of Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln: ll. 1-2 "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal" -> historical illusion, quote eg. l.3 and l.4 inclusive we -> to involve the listeners
l.9 "little note" - "long remember" -> antithesis ll. 5-6 "gave their lives" - "nation might live" -> antithesis
l.8 "living and dead" -> antithesis ll.7 "we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow" -> anaphora, parallelism, asyndeton, climax -> increase in intensity, to put special emphasis on, add power to words and makes them memorable
l.14 "new birth of freedom" -> metaphor -> to illustrate a point/ to create a vivid image in font of the listeners eyes
l.15 "that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth" -> repetition to Declaration of Independence ll.13-14 "shall not have died in vain" - "shall have a new birth of freedom" -> contrast, antithesis

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