Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Strategies

What is an example or epistrophe in the Gettysburg Address?

"And that government of the people, by the people, for the people..."

What are examples of parallelism in the Gettysburg Address?

"But In a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this ground." "That We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

What is an example of juxtaposition in Gettysburg Address?

"Forescore seven years ago...Now...Great task remains before us..."

What is the archaic diction in the Gettysburg Address?

"Fourscore and seven years ago..."

What are the examples for asyndeton in the Gettysburg Address?

"We cannot dedicate, we cannot concentrate, we cannot hallow..." "That government of the people, by the people, for the people..."

What are examples of anaphora in the Gettysburg Address?

"We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this ground." "That from these...that we here...that this nation...and that government..."

What is are examples of antithesis in the Gettysburg Address?

"We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live." "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract."

How many years is forescore and seven years ago?

87 years which makes it 1776

Epistrophe

A word or phrase repeated at the end of a sentence or clause

Anaphora

A word or phrase repeated in a sentence or clause

How are the antithesis appeal to pathos?

Because people who are listening knew someone who died in that battle and he compares living and dead in most of them.

What is the appeal to "But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this ground" when referring to parallelism?

Ethos: he established credibility to the soldiers being the ones who made this land so important. Soldiers dedicated their lives and American people dedicate to the survival of American soldiers.

Asydeton

Exclusion of a conjunction (doesn't have any conjunction in a phrase or sentence)

How is "Forescore and seven years ago..." and appeal to pathos?

Forescore and seven years ago is 87 years and 87 years was 1776. In 1776 the Declaration of Independence declared "all men are created equal" and with slavery the Declaration's statement was wrong

What is the tone of the speech?

Hopeful, motivational, and patriotic

How is the sentence "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth," effective?

In the sentence he says something about the past and then the future to show what we do now affects the country in the future.

What is the tone of "We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow..." and "that government of the people, by the people, for the people..."

Motivational tone because in the first example the soldiers have done all these things to the land and we can't change it. In the second example if the people stand with the government we will remain strong.

Antithesis

Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction

Archaic Diction

Out of date chosen words

What is the appeal in the juxtaposition example, "Forescore and seven years ago... Now... great task renaming before us...?"

Pathos: In 1776 they signed all men are created equal and the vision should stay the same. First paragraph is about the past, the second is about the present, the third is about the future.

What appeal is "we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow...?"

Pathos: Lincoln is saying we can't dedicate, declare the land divine or holy because the soldiers did that by fighting on it for their cause.

What is the appeal to "and that government of the people, by the people, for the people...?"

Pathos: the people feel apart of government Ethos: Lincoln established credibility of government being with the people

What is the appeal for "that from these... that we here...that this nation... and that government...?"

Pathos: the thats are a start of a list of things that gives Americans motivation to help

Juxtaposition

The two things being seen or place together with contrasting affect (could be in a paragraph or whole article)

Parallelism

The use of successive verbal constructions that corresponds state in grammatical and meaning sound