AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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parallel structure
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figurative language
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repetition of strong diction (i.e. “dedicated, “ “conceived")
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personal and possessive pronouns (i.e. “we, “ “our")
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Detailed explanation-1: -With its conciseness and abundance of literary devices, Lincoln’s speech would contain many characteristics of common day poetry, such as: allusion, alliteration, antithesis, grammatical parallelism, and repetition.
Detailed explanation-2: -In “I Have a Dream”, Martin Luther King Jr. extensively uses repetitions, metaphors, and allusions. Other rhetorical devices that you should note are antithesis, direct address, and enumeration. Rhetorical devices are language tools used to make speakers’ arguments both appealing and memorable.
Detailed explanation-3: -Abraham Lincoln used literary devices like alliteration, repetition, and personification to produce a special effect in his speech. He stated his speech off with an allusion.