The Art of Rhetoric in Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Question 5 • GA-Literature and Composition II (Fakunle)
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.
Answer
A
to recall the names of famous national leaders
B
to suggest the need for a new government
C
to emphasize the nation’s beliefs and ideals
D
to demand an end to the Civil War
Explanation
Lincoln recalls the nation’s founding and describes its central ideals: liberty and the belief that all people are created equal. He says the Civil War is testing whether a nation built on those ideals can endure. This emphasizes the nation’s beliefs and ideals, rather than calling for a new government or demanding an end to the war.
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