USA HISTORY

) What are the rhetorical devices Lincoln uses in the following line from section 3:“we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow”? Mark all that apply.

(A) ** Parallel Structure

(B) Alliteration

(C) ** Anaphora

(D) Antithesis

Concept note-1: -Lincoln uses anaphora as well as epistrophe in the Gettysburg Address: “But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.”

Concept note-2: -Tricolon and parallelism The tricolon is meant to add power to words and make them memorable. One example is: “But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this ground.” (ll.

Concept note-3: -President Lincoln utilizes multiple rhetorical strategies in his Second Inaugural Address, including dehortatio, anaphora, and expert manipulation of pathos, in order to achieve his purpose of invigorating the people to work for a brighter future.

Concept note-4: -Lincoln used logos by explaining that because people gave their lives defending what they believed in, the living should finish the job the dead started. By talking about the fellow soldiers who died at Gettysburg, Lincoln appeals to the pathos of his listeners.

Concept note-5: -He is using pathos, or emotional appeal, in an attempt to achieve his purpose by giving them a sense of togetherness with the north. His use of pathos is another rhetorical device that he uses. Another rhetorical device that Lincoln uses his logos, or logical appeal.