USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-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.”

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.