Taylor
In Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, he is addressing the country, it’s people, and it’s soldiers that were fighting in the Civil War at the time. Within his speech, Lincoln has included some anaphoras, specifically towards the end when he states “...that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”. This is an anaphora as he is repeating the phrase “the people” three times in the same sentence. He is using this technique to persuade his audience the importance of this occasion to help reinstate the fact that no matter what, we are a nation--especially since during this period of history, sectionalism was a huge ordeal in American politics. He also uses this technique to persuade his
In Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, he is addressing the country, it’s people, and it’s soldiers that were fighting in the Civil War at the time. Within his speech, Lincoln has included some anaphoras, specifically towards the end when he states “...that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”. This is an anaphora as he is repeating the phrase “the people” three times in the same sentence. He is using this technique to persuade his audience the importance of this occasion to help reinstate the fact that no matter what, we are a nation--especially since during this period of history, sectionalism was a huge ordeal in American politics. He also uses this technique to persuade his