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President Abraham Lincoln’s Speech
President Abraham Lincoln’s Speech
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Consider the text of the famous speech written and delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on the battlefield at Gettysburg, the turning point of the Civil War. (printed on the reverse side of the exam.) In a thoughtful essay of several paragraphs, analyze the following areas:
What type of speech is it, and how do you know?
Who is its intended audience, and how does the wording of the text let you know?
What is the intended purpose of the speech?
What devices are used to get the audience’s attention? How effective are they? Why/why not? ‘
How is the speech organized to keep its audience listening? Effective? Why/why not? What, to you, makes this speech memorable? .
Read the speech over in your head, slowly. How effectively could you deliver this speech? What about its text would make you able/unable to do so?
