The Gettysburg Address Analysis
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THE GETTYSBURG
ADDRESS
Abraham Lincoln 1863
GAP
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Genre: Speech
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Purpose: commemorate soldiers, who died at the battle of Gettysburg,
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emind people of the four principles, keep will of fighting high
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Audience: representatives of tzhe com
m
ittee for the Consecration of the National
Cemetery at Gettysburg
Pathos
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“Four score and seven years ago..’
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“Our fathers…”
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”Conceived in liberty”
-> emotion
Ethos
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“Now we are engaged …We are met on a great battlefield of that
war. We have come to dedicate…”
credability
Logos
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“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to unfinished work,
which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
-> appeal to logic
Amplification
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“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that
nation
, or any
nation
so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.”
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-> figure of speech that repeats a word while adding more detail
Tricolon / Anaphora
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“But in a larger sense,
we cannot
dedicate –
we cannot
consecrate –
we cannot
hallow – this ground”
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epetition of phrase beginning, repetition of 3
Expletive
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“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us –
that from these honored dead we take increase devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall not
have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
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-> short phrase inserted into sentence to clarify a point
False
dilemma
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“that this nation, under God, shall not
have a new birth of freedom- and that
government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish
from the earth.”
(simple and binary)
-> simple and binary solution
Card stacking
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Claims that what Lincolns army is
embarking on is a ‘great task’, even if
this might not be the case in the eyes of
the Confederate army
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“dedicated to the great task”
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“…,shall have a new birth of freedom”
-> offering facts that only support your side
of the argument
Rhetorical devices used in Abraham Lincoln's iconic speech at Gettysburg in 1863. Discover how Lincoln employed ethos, pathos, logos, and various figures of speech to convey his message and commemorate fallen soldiers while appealing to the audience's emotions, logic, and sense of duty. Dive into the nuances of amplification, tricolon/anaphora, expletive, false dilemma, and more as you dissect this historic address that continues to resonate today.
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THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Abraham Lincoln 1863
GAP Genre: Speech Purpose: commemorate soldiers, who died at the battle of Gettysburg, Remind people of the four principles, keep will of fighting high Audience: representatives of tzhe committee for the Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg
Pathos Four score and seven years ago.. Our fathers Conceived in liberty -> emotion
Ethos Now we are engaged We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate credability
Logos It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to unfinished work, which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. -> appeal to logic
Amplification Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation nation nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. nation, or any -> figure of speech that repeats a word while adding more detail
Tricolon / Anaphora But in a larger sense, we cannot hallow this ground we cannot dedicate we cannot we cannot consecrate we cannot we cannot Repetition of phrase beginning, repetition of 3
Expletive It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increase devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall not have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. -> short phrase inserted into sentence to clarify a point
False dilemma that this nation, under God, shall not have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. (simple and binary) -> simple and binary solution
Card stacking Claims that what Lincolns army is embarking on is a great task , even if this might not be the case in the eyes of the Confederate army dedicated to the great task ,shall have a new birth of freedom -> offering facts that only support your side of the argument
