Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address is one of the most recognizable documents in the history of the United States. Abraham Lincoln delivered the speech on November 19, 1863 at the dedication of the Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg, PA. This cemetery marks the final resting place for thousands of soldiers who died during the Civil War. At the time the address was given, the United States of America, the experiment in democracy, was 100 years old and had not dealt with a crisis such as this. The very…

speeches they can be compared and contrasted in ways such as the author’s purpose and time period, theme, length, and tone. The three speeches are similar and different in the author’s purpose and time period. Abraham Lincoln delivered “The Gettysburg Address” in 1863 to “dedicate the cemetery to the soldiers that died in the war” (Lincoln.) Martin Luther King Jr delivered “I Have A Dream” in 1963 to try and “get equal rights for African Americans” (King.) Kennedy delivered “Put a Man on the…

realize it or not. A well-known speech, The Gettysburg Address, fuses many distinctive types of rhetoric such as diction, syntax, rhetorical devices along with the rhetorical triangle into a brief yet compelling speech with a lasting impact on the nation. The speech barely took one minute to deliver with only two hundred and sixty seven words, however Lincoln’s rhetoric accomplished so much with so little. Strategies in use in The Gettysburg Address are diction along with syntax, Lincoln…

This nation was born in liberty and all men were created equal. The Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln talks about how the soldiers fought for our freedom and how the ground they are standing on can not be as sacred as they made it during that civil war. Lincoln was sarisfied that the soldiers were to rest on that sacred ground. Lincoln applies repetition, alliteration, and antithesis as a result of expressing and directing to the audience why the world will never escape what those…

The Gettysburg Address was eloquently delivered by Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863 at the National Cemetery in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg Address was only about two minutes long and a mere 273 words, but is one the most respected, important and influential speeches in American history. This speech was given while one of the bloodiest wars in our nation’s history was still in full effect, the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was of course the commander and chief at this time. The…

"The Gettys Berg Adress" contains rhetorical devices such as "The Gettysburg Address" contains rhetorical devices such as repetition, antithesis, parallelism, and anaphora to better communicate with his audience hearing the speech. Abraham Lincoln uses these rhetorical devices to better state that these men died for a good cause and that America shall have “a new rebirth of freedom”. Also that the men have made the battlefield holy and that we should carry on these ideas that these men have died…

Rhetorical Analysis of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Were women in the 1850s not valued more than to live life as concubines? The Antebellum Period was a pre-Civil War time with the vast majority of white men positioned as the head of the house, women and wives below them at their service, and the Negro population left inferior to all. Celia, a female African-American slave, encountered the many prejudices the divided American nation had to offer. The newly widowed, white male Robert…

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…

Many Americans concur that the Gettysburg Address is world famous, broadcasted from a tall man in a black suit wearing a top hat, standing over the depthless graves of the brave men who lost their lives in battle. That man, President Lincoln spoke only ten sentences to affirm his goal to reunite the nation on a day that would be remembered and taught to students for more than 150 years to come. Some contend Lincoln’s speech was too short especially, during a time when the American people needed…

Abraham Lincoln said this on November 19, 1863 during the Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Lincoln was a well known speaker, and this was one of his most notable speeches. He was speaking to an audience gathered on the Gettysburg cemetery which is now a memorial in Pennsylvania. First, Lincoln paid appreciation toward the Union soldiers who had sacrificed their lives for the Union and the justice of our nation. The quote means that Lincoln believed that the country would reunite…