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    Future world leaders would use his speech to inspire their own, including Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address”.  Even though, they may be both addressing the people of their nations to keep fighting and mourn the lives lost in these battles, there are differences of how they used rhetorical analysis in their speeches.     To begin, both speeches, Pericles’ “Funeral Oration” and “The Gettysburg Address” they are both they use a lot of emotion (pathos) to help bring their nation together after these

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    in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the 19 of November in the year 1863. On the 19 of November, one of America’s fathers, and greatest speakers gave his soon to be greatest speech ever. This man was Abraham Lincoln giving his speech “The Gettysburg Address”. “The Gettysburg Address” became America’s most known speech due to many reasons. One of these reasons is the diction or word that Lincoln used to presented his speech. Another is the way that Lincoln actually presented “The Gettysburg Address”. The

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    On June 30th, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was a simple small town in the Union. On July 1st, it became a battleground; the town’s residents caught in the middle of a bloody battle. It is simply commonly known that the Union won the Civil War. While most are aware of the Union’s victory, a fair amount less know the reasons why. When you consider their copious amount of losses in the early days of the war, bits are left to wonder. Nevertheless, the Battle of Gettysburg is arguably the most famous battle

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    After the battle of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln was told to give a speech after the battle at Gettysburg he gave a speech that was talking about the "Gettysburg Address". The South and the North was divided by the Americans because Americans were involved in a big civil war. The North fought for freedom equality, while the South was fighting because their ways of living were being threatened. When Lincoln was giving a speech, the preset was saying that if we lose this war then the future would be

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    Abraham Lincoln, who served as the 16th President of the United States gave The Gettysburg Address Four and a half months after the Battle of Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. The Thesis of this address to the nation was two-fold, the first was to dedicate a plot of land that would become as we know today as the Gettysburg National Cemetery. The second part of his speech was to inspire the nation to unite and for the union to continue the fight. He was able to turn the Civil War from a war about stat’s

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    The Gettysburg address was announced by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg in the civil war. His main goal was to remind the nation that the soldiers who fought this battle did it to create a country where everyone is equal and to unify America. He reminds everyone of this through the use of repetition throughout his speech, designed to provoke a shameful feeling from the audience. This shame provoked is used to inspire people to continue fighting for a better nation by joining the army

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    In "The Gettysburg Address," Abraham Lincoln's purpose is to honor the dead, and end the war by accomplishing the unfinished work that those who died, died for. Abraham Lincoln delivers his speech with an inspirational and motivational tone. The usage of the elements repetition and parallelism establish his devotion for his determination. Throughout Abrahan Lincoln's speech, he introduces variety of repetitions to assist his goal. Lincoln indicates, "we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate

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    John Dionisio History 107 Dr. Bruce 5 February 2017 The Gettysburg Address On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered an important speech to the soldiers killed in the Battle of Gettysburg. To briefly explain, over two centuries ago, The United States of America was once divided under two separate groups, under the Union and Confederacy. Both sides had different views of the country, whether it is the issues of slavery and/or the governmental structure, these factors contributed

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    his seeming advantage in Gettysburg. He was unprepared for the ferocity and strength of the Union forces under the newly named Potomac Army commander, Gen. George G. Meade. The grueling route from Chancellorsville to Gettysburg, and the number of men lost in the duration of this three day war all boils down to a good platform for Abraham Lincoln to recite The Gettysburg Address. After taking these aspects into consideration, you can conclude that the battle of Gettysburg was the apex of the civil

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    that all men are created equal…” is the beginning phrase from a very important historical speech which all Americans should be familiar with; The Gettysburg Address. This was a speech delivered and composed by our former president Abraham Lincoln; who was the nineteenth president of the United States of America. Many people may be familiar with the address, but may not be familiar with why it was delivered, or even written. This being due to the fact that this speech was given on November 19th of 1863

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