"The Gettysburg Address" - Discussion

Question 1

SOAPSTONE

Answer 1

• S: Lincoln, presidential, mourner
• O: dedication of battlefield
• A: America (north and south)
• P: dedicate field, argument for continued war
• S: anaphora, allusions
• TONE: elegiac, insistent

Question 2

focus: rhetoric - the study of language

Answer 2

• purpose of the “Gettysburg Address”
• • a dedication of the battlefield
• • an argument to continue the war
• tips on strengthening your own arguments:
• • anaphora (repetition)
• • anaphora is often a phrase

Question 3

step 1

Answer 3

Lincoln

Question 4

step 2

Answer 4

appeals

Question 5

step 3

Answer 5

to pathos regarding the lives sacrificed on the battlefield

Question 6

step 4

Answer 6

to further his argument that the war must continue

Question 7

note

Answer 7

• develops
• creates
• “a new nation” “that nation” “any nation” “so dedicated” “to dedicate a portion”
• parallel structure
• crafts