Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Analysis The 16th President of the United States of America‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ in his speech‚ The Gettysburg Address‚ recounts the tragedy of the Civil War and the fight for the removal of slavery. Lincoln’s purpose is to state the importance of winning the war along with the importance of liberty‚ freedom‚ and equality. He creates a somber commemorative tone throughout the speech in order to show how serious he is about equality and freedom for everyone. Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was our president during the Civil War who wrote Gettysburg Address. Dr. Martin Luther King was a Civil Rights leader who gave the I have a Dream speech by LIncoln Memorial. President Lincoln and Dr. King both addressed the issue of freedom in their speeches. Both used rhetorical devices such as‚ repetition and parallelism. Each speech had its own purpose.Lincoln’s purpose was to finish the war the north had started; while Dr. King’s was to demand a change for blacks across America
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The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln SPAM: Speaker: Abraham Lincoln Purpose: To honor those who died in the Civil War and especially those at the battle of Gettysburg Audience: Americans Medium: Outside Venue 3 Appeals of Rhetoric: Logos: Appeal to logic • “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.” • It is logical that it is
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In Abraham Lincoln’s speech “The Gettysburg Address”‚ he explains why the great civil war was fought and keeps on urging the public to continue fighting. His argument developed through rhetorical devices of juxtaposition‚ repetition‚ and diction. His purpose in speaking is to encourage the American population to go on battle in order to unite the nation and keep their pride. His primary audience is the American public‚ especially those with the capability to fight. First of all‚ Lincoln starts
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for the soldiers who had given their lives at the battle of Gettysburg for the reform and advancement of the country. He states that the brave men who here gave their last full measure of devotion” should be highly esteemed for the sacrifice they made. Lincoln establishes his ideas through the usage of rhetorical devices such as‚ an appeal to ethos‚ parallelism‚ and juxtaposition. Lincoln never uses the words “I‚” or “you‚” to address his audience‚ but instead uses “we‚” “our‚” and “us‚” to establish
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speakers such as Martin Luther King Jr and Abraham Lincoln do this is through speech elements such as rhetoric‚ language techniques‚ successful structure and also establishing a relationship with their audience. The speeches I have a Dream‚ and The Gettysburg Address [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMMzY1KJVeo]‚ although performed to entirely different audiences in different contexts‚ share similar values and qualities. In order to gain a complete understanding of the distinctive qualities of the speeches
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Abraham Lincoln uses anaphora‚ antithesis‚ and allusion in his speech‚ "The Gettysburg Address"‚ to motivate and inspire fellow Americans to finish the almost-completed task that the soldiers fought for ‚ equality. In the third paragraph‚ President Lincoln declares‚ "we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground." Abraham is referring to the field in which the Battle of Gettysburg was fought. He believes that the Americans should dedicate the field to the soldiers‚ that
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One of the most powerful speeches that President Abraham Lincoln made towards the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was empowering to many people. The aspect of the speech that Abraham made declared about the memorial battle that many soldiers had occurred to them. He gave hope for our nation to be mindful of the obstacles that our soldiers faced while fighting for our countries freedom. The soldiers who fought in the battle were fighting for our nations rights‚ and equalities‚ that us as “Americans”
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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
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we commemorate the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address given on November 19th‚ 1863. This speech is known and considered as one of the most famous speeches in American history. How could a two minute speech be so highly regarded and enough to be one of the most famous? Abraham Lincoln utilized rhetorical techniques to turn just 10 sentences into one of the most famous and most quoted speeches of all time. “The Gettysburg Address‚” was given by President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication
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