USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lincoln’s words, “ ____ government of the people, for the people, by the people” is an example of what grammatical device?
A
parallel structure
B
verb tense consistency
C
prepositions
D
common nouns
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Famous examples of parallelism in speeches include Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. It features epistrophe in the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people”, and anaphora in “We can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Parallelism: Lincoln uses parallelism when he says, “But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground, ” (489). In doing this, Lincoln creates a rhythm within his sentence which makes it appealing and poetic to read.

Detailed explanation-3: -Parallel: My dog not only likes to play fetch, but he also likes to chase cars. My dog likes not only to play fetch, but also to chase cars. When you connect two clauses or phrases with a word of comparison, such as than or as, use parallel structure.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of Parallelism Consider two examples from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, both of which involve some repetition of individual words. In the first, the parallel pattern is “[preposition] the people”. In the second, the parallel pattern is “we can not [verb]”.

Detailed explanation-5: -Parallelism refers to the use of identical grammatical structures for related words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence or a paragraph. Parallelism can make your writing more forceful, interesting, and clear.

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