"The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln

Question 1

step 1

Answer 1

Lincoln, President of “the North”, at war with “the South”

Question 2

step 2

Answer 2

speech given at dedication of battlefield, middle of Civil War

Question 3

step 3

Answer 3

northerners mourning losses, growing weary of war

Question 4

step 4

Answer 4

to dedicate the battlefield, argue that the war must continue

Question 5

step 5

Answer 5

anaphora(repetition), eloquent diction, appeals to pathos

Question 6

step 6

Answer 6

exonerating, persistent

Question 7

occasion

Answer 7

• “we are met on a great battlefield of that war”

- “four score and seven years ago”

Question 8

repetition

Answer 8

• “government of the people-by the people-for the people”

- “but, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground”

Question 9

audience

Answer 9

• “it is rather for us to be here dedicated tot he great task remaining before us”

Question 10

contrast

Answer 10

• “us the living” “honored dead”