Central Idea/The Gettysburg Addres

What is the author’s main purpose in writing the speech? (The Gettysburg Address)

• To honor the dead by continuing their goal of ending the war

• To dedicate the opening of Gettysburg National Park

• To inform the audience of the construction of a Gettysburg cemetery

• To free slaves living in rebelling states

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the word consecrate means as used in the speech?

• To induct into an organization

• To make or declare sacred

• To claim the land as a National Park

• To establish zoning for tax purposes

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which sentence best supports Lincoln’s purpose for writing the speech?

• “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.”
• “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.”
•  “. . . that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
• “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the sentence from the speech.
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation . . .”
What does President Lincoln mean by this statement?

• That the continent was first settled by Europeans
• That democracy was created by the Founding Fathers
• The Founding Fathers formed the United States of America in 1776
• The Founding Fathers formed the United States of American in 1789

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which word best describes the emotions evoked by Lincoln’s speech?

• Vengeful, bitter

• Hopeless, desperate

• Frustrated, critical

• Respectful, humble

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"...government of the people, by the people, for the people..." is used to support the main idea that ________.

• the soldiers must be honored and remembered

• our democracy must survive this conflict

• the slaves should be freed

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The development of a text’s central or main idea is DIRECTLY related to

• its speaker

• its tone

• the intended audience

• the author's purpose

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

"...we cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow -- this ground" is used to support the main idea that ________.

• the soldiers must be honored and remembered

• our democracy must survive this conflict

• the slaves should be freed

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation..." is mostly an example of ...

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the phrase "...shall not have died in vain..." Lincoln asks us NOT to let these soldiers die...

• and be forgotten

• without purpose

• arrogant

• for honor

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3