"The Gettysburg Address" Plot Elements

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Four score and seven years ago we built on this new continent, a nation.

Five score and 8 years ago, we created a country here on this very continent.

America must keep on fighting, through the war and trials, through the injustice.

The most exciting part of the story.

The rising action is the series of events building toward the point of greatest interest.

The slowing down of a story.

The most exciting part of the plot.

The least exciting plot point.

Abraham Lincoln tells his audience that they shall not make the Gettysburg battlefield a holy or hallowed ground but they, and the world will never forget the sacrifices made by those who died.

Abraham Lincoln basically tells his audience that it is their responsibility to win the war so that their fallen brethren shall not have died in vain

A bridge between the resolution and conclusion; helps end the story.

The opening statements of a story.

The closing statements of a story.

We will not let people die without justice.

a great battlefield, the final resting place of people who struggled here.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from earth.

the warning or indication of future events

the question of the story

Shadows in the front.

the evil creatures

-Abraham Lincoln

-Soldier/audience

General Eisenhower

Theodore Roosevelt.

New York

Pennsylvania

Washington, D.C.

Georgia

"The brilliant, warm sunshine."

"Poor power to add or detract"

"sweet flowers in the breeze"

The very end of a story or text.

The part of the plot where the conflict is being resolved

Abraham Lincoln says that it is their responsibility to win the war for the fallen soldiers.

Abraham Lincoln states that we are loosing the war, but we can push forward.