Civil War Rhetoric Test

What is rhetoric?

• the art of persuasion

• a reference to classic mythology, Shakespeare, or the Bible

• a question that does not require an answer that was only asked to make a point

• lying (or at least, manipulating the truth in some dishonest way)

What was the purpose of "The Gettysburg Address"?

• to offer a way for the Confederacy to surrender with dignity

• to honor the soldiers who died there

• to denounce slavery as evil and pledge to end it

• to encourage enslaved people to try to escape the South and join the Union army

What was the primary rhetorical device used in "The Gettysburg Address"? (Think about the purpose of it that you just answered).

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

Which set of words from "The Gettysburg Address" create pathos?

• brave; dedicated; honored; last full measure of devotion; not have died in vain

• Four score and seven years ago; new nation on this continent;

• battlefield; nation; government; task; place; God

• of that field; on this continent; to the unfinished work; from the earth

What is an allusion?

• when multiple lines/sentences all start with the same word/phrase

• a reference to something without explicitly naming the thing

• when a cluster of words begin with the same sound

• parallel structure, but the words that get changed are opposites

What is the effect of Lincoln's allusion to the Declaration of Independence in the opening paragraph of the Gettysburg Address?

• It reminds the audience of their common origin as one nation & the values of liberty the Founding Fathers had.

• It shows the hypocrisy of the Confederacy and shows the Union to be morally superior.

• It juxtaposes the peace of founding America with the current violence of the Civil War and shows how destructive the Confederacy is.

What literary device does the following passage from "The Gettysburg Address" use: We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.

• anaphora

• antithesis

• assonance

• allusion

In "The Gettysburg Address," Lincoln coined the phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people." What literary device is this phrase using?

• parallelism

• anaphora

• metaphor

• antithesis

Which enslaved people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

• only the enslaved people in the 4 Union slave states

• all enslaved people in both the North and South

• only the enslaved people in the Confederacy (but the Confederacy didn't recognize his authority, so really no slaves)

• mixed race enslaved people (but only if you could prove you were at least 1/4 white)

Which passage from "The Emancipation Proclamation" is the best example of ethos?

• On this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three...

• ...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.

• all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a Sate, the people wherof shall then be in rebellion against the United States...

• Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief...