Speech Literary Devices

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Using visually descriptive language is:

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imagery

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Referencing a past person, place, event, or literary work

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allusion

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Repetition of language from sentence to sentence

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parallel structure

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"Our fathers brought forth on this continent" is an example of:

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allusion

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"those who here gave their lives that that nation might live" is an example of:

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allusion

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"and that government of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of:

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parallel structure

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"shall have a new birth of freedom" is an example of:

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imagery

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"we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow" is an example of:

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parallel structure

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"The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here" is an example of:

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allusion

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"a new nation, conceived in liberty" is an example of:

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imagery