Lincoln made a unifying speech to a nation divided. His words met the disjointed and disjunct state of the country with emphasis on hope for a prosperous future. At first thought by Lincoln to be subpar and ineffective in achieving its point‚ the Gettysburg Address would come to be known as one of the greatest and most iconic speeches of the American Civil War. Biography Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809 and grew up in the small town of Hodgenville on the Kentuckian Frontier. As a boy‚ he was
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to find similarities between two completely different speeches‚ such as; Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and Emma Watson’s “Gender Equality is your issue‚ too” speech? A speech is a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience; however‚ it may seem to be a jumble of words spoken out loud‚ if it is not potent and meaningful. The use of rhetorical devices‚ persuasive techniques‚ and rhetoric appeals makes a speech memorable because they trigger emotions and engross the audience into
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In Obama’s inaugural speech Obama uses his writing to captivate his audience by the use of rhetorical and stylistic devices throughout the speech this conveys the Audience by convincing us that we will meet our challenges Obama uses of uses various amount of figurative devices consisting of alliteration personification simile and metaphor for example he says and because we have tasted bitter swill of Civil War and segregation and emerge from the dark this is the use of personification a figurative
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Andrew Olson ENGL 2130 20 Jun. 2013 President Abraham Lincoln’s Thoughts on His “Gettysburg Address” I am the 16th president of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln. I come from humble beginnings and never finished school. My love for reading and learning led me to a career in law. I was able to manage this by “studying independently the law books of the time: Blackstone’s Commentaries‚ Chitty’s Pleadings‚ Greenleaf’s Evidence‚ and Story’s Equity and Equity Pleadings” (Levine 733). My law career
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Daniel Aubertine Dr. Viera 10/11/2011 Final Draft Embarking Patriotic Immortality: Rhetorical Analysis of the Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg address was given on the grounds of a historical battlefield in Gettysburg Pennsylvania during the American Civil War on November 19th‚ 1863 by the late President Abraham Lincoln. The brief‚ powerful speech that he delivered to fifteen to twenty thousand people is regarded as one of the greatest in American history. It is considered the turning
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war; it was also to reinforce the fact that there is unfinished work. "It is for us the living rather‚ to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who have fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." (Lincoln "Gettysburg Address") In my opinion the Gettysburg Address is a brief summary of Pericles speech. They both talk about the people who have died and how honorable it was to have done so. The also both start off speaking of those who came before them‚ and how they have inspired present
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In the ”Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln incorporates literary devices in his address to achieve his purpose. Lincoln uses repetition‚ antithesis‚ and parallelism to remind those who were present of the lives that were lost and the dream that should continue to live on for them. Abraham Lincoln utilizes repetition in his speech to make it very clear what his point is. By repeating words it emphasizes Lincoln’s point and the importance of it. He says‚ “... we cannot dedicate- we cannot consecrate--
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long-conflicted morality of slavery. Four months after the particularly bloody battle at Gettysburg‚ Lincoln gave a speech that was only ten sentences and 272 words and was recited within three minutes. Despite being so short‚ the message of the speech resonated with the people of the Civil War and still is quoted by people today. Through one of the most important speeches of our history‚ The Gettysburg Address‚ Lincoln commemorates the dead and wounded
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people didn’t even listen but what he said was; that the living can honor the wartime dead not with a speech‚ but rather to continuing to fight for the idea’s they gave their lives for. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was giving during the dedication ceremony for the soldiers that lost their lives in Gettysburg. The civil war was still in place during that time‚ and when Lincoln gave his speech he went back and referred to the begging of America. He goes back and he says that war is to fight for America
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Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania between July 1st and July 3rd‚ 1863. Gettysburg is often portrayed as being the supposed “turning point” of the war‚ as the Union‚ led by General Gordon Meade defeated the Confederacy‚ led by General Robert E. Lee. Lee began the second campaign of the war‚ aptly named “The Gettysburg Campaign” after his success at the battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia in May of 1863. He hoped that while he
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