"The Gettysburg Address"
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6 questions
5
What does Lincoln say happened "four score and seven years ago"? To what year is
he referring to?
What does Lincoln say happened "four score and seven years ago"? To what year is
he referring to?
2
In the first paragraph how does he describe the nation that was created then?
In the first paragraph how does he describe the nation that was created then?
3
In the second and third paragraphs, Lincoln speaks of the present time (1863).
Why can't the people at the ceremony listening to his speech make the
battleground any more sacred than it already is?
In the second and third paragraphs, Lincoln speaks of the present time (1863).
Why can't the people at the ceremony listening to his speech make the
battleground any more sacred than it already is?
3
The last part of the third paragraph focuses on the future. What purpose, for
the sake of the nation, does the President set for the people?
The last part of the third paragraph focuses on the future. What purpose, for
the sake of the nation, does the President set for the people?
2
What example of personification does Lincoln use in the last sentence of his
speech?
What example of personification does Lincoln use in the last sentence of his
speech?
2
"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never
forget what they did here." What is ironic about this line from his speech?
"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never
forget what they did here." What is ironic about this line from his speech?