Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Rhetorical Analyses for the Four Readings
Gettysburg Address
Exigence: Dedication of the national soldier’s cemetery
Audience: Citizens of the U.S., the union soldiers, state governors and party officials.
Constraint: How short the speech was, going of topic, and people who did not agree.
Occasion: U.S. national cemetery at Gettysburg.
Intended to change: The purpose was to talk about why people fought for our nation; who died in courage that in the end, there would be a nation.
Emancipation Proclamation
Exigence: Emancipation of slaves
Audience: Southern states, northern soldiers, voters, and southern governments
Constraint: Northern states opinion on anti-slavery, the time frame of the speech and how he gave the speech.