AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation ____ “
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“ ____ we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground.”
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“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ____ “
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“We have come to dedicated a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives ____ “
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Parallelism is the use of similar structures in two or more clauses. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address uses parallelism throughout.
Detailed explanation-3: -Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is one very famous example of parallel structure: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."