Gettysburg Address

The word "fathers" most likely means?

• Men who are parents

• Men who are founders

• Men who are authoritative

• Men who are innovative

• Men who are theologians

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the effect of the speaker's use of "our" in Line 1?

• It proposes that all Union soldiers have a common ancestor.

• It establishes a shared concern between the speaker and the audience.

• It challenges traditional notions of individualism.

• It encourages naysayers to join his position.

• It demonstrates his first hand experience with the issues at hand.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

The speaker's tone in the passage as a whole can BEST be described as

• Dispassionate and clinical

• Concilatory and forgiving

• Reverent and humble

• Aloof and condescending

• Decisive and Indignant

In Line 17 the author uses the phrase "new birth of freedom" primarily to parallel

• Four score....created equal

• We have....might live

• The brave.... or detract

• The world...did here

• It is...nobly advanced.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

The author uses the phrase "for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live" (line 6) to

• Emphasize the paradox of willingly going to one's death.

• Compare the actions of these soldiers to those from Classical antiquity.

• Describe the tragic loss of men who died for no discernible result.

• Connect the lives of the soldiers to the bigger life of the nation.

• Question the need for violence as a method of conflict resolution.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The lines that begin with, "The world will little note.... " employs all of the following EXCEPT

• Parallel Structure

• Antithesis

• Anastrophe

• Formal Diction

• Juxtaposition

Which of the following best describtes the purpose of the author's rhetorical choices in lines 12-18 (It is...the earth)?

• He develops an analogy between the virtues of the dead soldiers to the characteristics of a great Democracy.

• He employs a series of dashes to imply that the country will remain forever fragmented.

• He provides a list of problems that only can be solved through faith and devotion to God.

• He directly addresses the audience to suggest that a unfied country needs a strong and decisive leader.

• He emphasizes the amount of effort required to unify the country through the repetition of clauses beginning with "that".

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

What is the relationship between lines 1-2 "Fourscore...equal" and lines 2-7 ("Now we are engaged...do this")?

• Lines 1-2 speak of the past in terms of spatial proximity and lines 2-7 speak of the present with a sense of spatial distance.

• Lines 1-2 rely on alliterative speech patterns, and lines 2-7 rely on cacophonic words and phrases.

• Lines 1-2 establish the speaker's credibility on the subject and lines 2-7 illustrate an emotional moment in the country's history.

• Lines 1-2 outline the challenges faced by the country's founders, and lines 2-7 detail how those challenges have changed over time.

• Lines 1-2 are solemn remembrance of fallen soldiers, and lines 2-7 are an accusation of those who have never had to sacrifice.

The passage as a whole can BEST be described as

• A commemoration that gives way to criticism.

• A case for how the past can influence the future.

• An outline of causes that seem to be true of all human conflict.

• A lamentation of the perils of building a new nation.

• An illustration of interplay between memory and experience.

What is the speaker's primary purpose in lines 1-4

• To introduce the idea of war.

• To remind the audienve that they are all part of the same nation.

• To give a sense of the passage of time and compare the birth of the nation with the present day.

• To give the audience a sense of urgency.

• To remind the audience who he is and why he has the authority to speak.