During the time of the speech‚ it is four years into the Civil War and it is about to end. In this speech‚ Lincoln uses allusion‚ parallel structure‚ and diction to unify the North and the South. A rhetorical strategy that is seen throughout Lincoln’s speech is allusion. He uses God and the Bible to show that the people both from the North and also the South have the same values. Lincoln says‚ “Each looked for an easier triumph‚ and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible
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after the Battle of Gettysburg‚ Abraham Lincoln delivers an farewell speech to the brave soldiers who was willing to give away their lives for America. Lincoln’s purpose was to emphasize to the audience about liberty‚ freedom‚ and equality within the new nation. He adopts the speech in a solemn and hopeful tone to present to the audience how he felt about the soldiers who commit their lives for America. Through the use of repetition‚ and parallel structure Lincoln illustrates the importance on the unity
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In Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address‚ Lincoln states that our nation should not be in war. He believed that we should end the war with a mutual agreement to cease fighting. He believed that our nation was falling apart and war needed to be no more and so he gave his speech.in his case war should not be a fight to win but an argument unforgotten. Lincoln’s speech was more based around repetition more so than personification. As he spoke he used phrases like “All dreaded it‚ all sought to
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The fight for equality threatens to end the ego of rich men‚ yet people still rise up against it. Alan Paton‚ the writer of Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ and Abraham Lincoln‚ the great speaker of justice and our 16th president‚ both fought‚ in their own ways‚ for our rights. They fought their entire lives for our right to equality‚ and wrote beautiful works that are in our hearts and minds until this day. Because Paton’s book and Lincoln’s speech demonstrated their strong faith with the biblical references
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Thoughts On Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Powerful Impact Right off the bat‚ Abraham Lincoln is letting us know exactly what he believes and where he stands. He’s telling us that this great nation was originally formed with the idea of liberty and equality among men in mind. President Lincoln was a man of great integrity and passion. His words moved most people of his time and still‚ to this day‚ move most us when we read his words. Yet‚ right now--as I type this‚ racism and inequality
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battleground so key in the agonizing struggle to split or preserve our democracy. How is this accomplished in a brief‚ 10-sentence composition of a mere 263 words‚ delivered in about 2 minutes? Several elements of the speech make it compelling. Lincoln knew his audience‚ the American people‚ that is‚ those committed to safeguarding that the United States of America has a future‚ by preserving the tenets upon which it was founded. It is important for a leader to understand those he leads: how to
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“ The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and confidence‚ but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy” -Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and George Washington all stated that the stories of terrorism‚ violence‚ and inequality were all acts of creating an even more sunder society. 1For several years‚ equality and freedom were always used for granted when it came to the color of people’s skin‚ gender‚ and
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Kerrigan McCulloch June 4‚ 2013 P.6 The federal government
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Abraham Lincoln presented his speech titled “The Gettysburg Address” to highlight many things during the civil war. He repeated many different words in his speech to highlight specific events as well as to elevate the meaning and depth of his address. The word that I am focusing on using today is the word “Dedicate”. He uses this word throughout the speech and it changes in meaning as the speech continues. In the start of his address‚ the phrase “Concieved in liberty‚ and dedicated to proposition
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number of trials that he made. And tell me are all those persons also successful who quit their chosen path midway? See‚ they too began a journey. If only journey were success‚ then they too are successful right? Is Abraham Lincoln‚ 13 times failed a success or is Abraham Lincoln the greatest president of US the success. And‚ if success were a journey‚ then it would be an ongoing thing right? Then how was history written? Clint Eastwood has reached his destination. It doesn’t matter whether his movies
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