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Gettysburg Address - NJSLA/PARCC

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8th Grade - University

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

1A) In section 1 of the address, what does the word “proposition” mean?

Resolve

Opinion

Dedication

Proposal

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

1b) Which of the following quotations from section 1 supports this meaning of the word in question 1a?


1A) In section 1 of the address, what does the word “proposition” mean?

“Four score and seven years ago”

“all men are created equal”

“our fathers brought forth on this continent”

None of the above.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which rhetorical appeal does Lincoln mostly use in section 1 of the address?

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Rhetorical question

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

2b) Which of the following selections from the opening section best supports your answer to 2a (copy below)?


Earlier question:

2a) Which rhetorical appeal does Lincoln mostly use in section 1 of the address?

“Four score and seven years ago”

“our fathers brought forth on this continent”

“a new nation”

“conceived in Liberty”

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

2c. All of the following statements explain the effects of beginning with this rhetorical appeal EXCEPT:


Reminder of earlier question:

2b) Which of the following selections from the opening section best supports your answer to 2a?

2a) Which rhetorical appeal does Lincoln mostly use in section 1 of the address?

It takes the listeners back to a time when they were united.

It reminds the listeners of the time when they fought together against a common foe in the Revolutionary War.

It emphasizes the fact that they are no longer fighting for a noble purpose.

It encourages the listeners to stop fighting the Civil War.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

3a. What is the purpose of section 2?

To explain the causes of the civil war.

To call for an end to the civil war.

To give hope that the war will end.

To set the purpose for the gathering at the Gettysburg battlefield.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

3b. Which of the following selections from section 2 support the purpose you selected in question 3a (copy below)?


3a. What is the purpose of section 2?

“Now we are engaged in a great civil war”

“We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place”

“testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure”

“We are met on a great battle-field of that war.”

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