Gettysburg Address Rhetoric

Why did people gather in Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863? 

• To abolish slavery
• To dedicate a national cemetery 
• To encourage the Confederacy to rejoin the Union
• To hear campaign speeches for the upcoming Presidential election

Who was the speaker of "The Gettysburg Address?"

• Abraham Lincoln

• Edward Everrett

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Jackson

Who was the intended audience?

• All Americans

• Union soldiers, residents of Gettysburg, and loved ones of the deceased

• The Confederacy

• School students across America

What was the speaker's message of "The Gettysburg Address?"

• Legally give slaves freedom

• Unify the the nation and keep our country whole

• Give slaves equal rights

• Dedicate the cemetary and encourage the nation to keep fighting the civil war

Lincoln said the soldiers had consecrated the land meaning

• they won the war here.

• they made it a sacred site.

• defeated the Confederacy.

• destroyed the Union.

Use of the words such as "liberty, freedom, and nation" are examples of which rhetorical device?

• Holy War

• Appeal to Patriotism

• Parallelism

• Anecdote

When Lincoln states, "...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom," he is implying which of the following?

• That God believes that he is right.

• God hates the Confederacy

• Using loaded language to create an emotional reaction

• Using Holy War to suggest that God is on the side of the speaker

In the speech, the speaker claims that we are, "...dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." The underlined portion of text is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Sterotype

• Allusion to the Declaration of Independence

• Appeal to Fear

When Lincoln states, "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..." This is an example of which of the following?

• allusion

• rhetoric

• irony

• humor

Lincoln's short speech begins, famously, with the words "Four score and seven years ago." This is an example of what rhetorical device?

• repetition

• loaded words

• allusion

• parallelism