The Art of Rhetoric in Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Answers
Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Read the excerpt from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.Each [party] looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.
Read the introduction of a speech given by a school principal.Earth Day will be celebrated in over one hundred countries across the world next week. Students of Pine Grove High can show their compassion for the Earth by leaving cars at home and electronics unplugged for the day. Even small gestures can make a big difference! The attendance boundaries for our school span a fifteen-mile radius, but designated drop zones have been established for Earth Day. You can carpool to the drop zones and walk the remaining distance to reduce energy consumption. Crossing guards and town police will ensure the event runs smoothly. There will be a welcoming party to celebrate walkers, and a local berry farm will be supplying fruit smoothies.
Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . . can long endure.
Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address.This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their CONSTITUTIONAL right of amending it, or their REVOLUTIONARY right to dismember or overthrow it.
Read the information in the chart.Which description best completes the chart?
Read the excerpt from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.[S]hall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Read the introduction of a speech given by a park ranger.This is going to be a beautiful week at Windswept Dunes, and I hope you enjoy all the beach has to offer. There is a unique opportunity available because sea turtles are nesting on our northern shore. Volunteers are needed to patrol the beach to protect these endangered creatures from lurking predators. You can make a difference by just taking a stroll on the beach at an assigned time. While enjoying the view of the ocean at night, you can clap your hands or whistle a tune to discourage raccoons and possums from disrupting the turtle habitats.
Read the short speech delivered by the leader of the school’s Service Club.I hope every member of the Service Club will join me in mentoring a third grader from Dunlop Elementary. Nearly one-quarter of the third graders have been identified as being below grade level in reading. As volunteers, we will help these students with their independent reading assignments. We will teach them how to sound out unfamiliar words and learn the meanings of those words. Don’t ignore these struggling readers; an hour of your time will give them the success they deserve.
Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here 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 have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address.Descending from these general principles, we find the proposition that in legal contemplation the Union is perpetual confirmed by the history of the Union itself. The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION."But if the destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is LESS perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity.
Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here 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 have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Which sentence contains parallel structure?
Which lines from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address appeal to pathos? Select two answers.[A]ll thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it.To do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.
Which sentence contains parallel structure?
Read the introduction of a speech given by a school principal.Earth Day will be celebrated in over one hundred countries across the world next week. Students of Pine Grove High can show their compassion for the Earth by leaving cars at home and electronics unplugged for the day. Even small gestures can make a big difference! The attendance boundaries for our school span a fifteen-mile radius, but designated drop zones have been established for Earth Day. You can carpool to the drop zones and walk the remaining distance to reduce energy consumption. Crossing guards and town police will ensure the event runs smoothly. There will be a welcoming party to celebrate walkers, and a local berry farm will be supplying fruit smoothies.
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