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It is repetition and parallel construction. Look at page 146 of your...

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:09:56 PST

It is repetition and parallel construction. Look at page 146 of your american lit study guide. 12vanessa@comcast.net

Repetition: Lincoln repeats certain key words for emphasis. "We have...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:33:29 PST

Repetition: Lincoln repeats certain key words for emphasis. "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field. . ." "But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . ." "It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." Read the speech for repetition of words "consecrate," and "devotion." Parallel structure: Parallelism has to do with sentence structure. ...

There are some powerful rhetorical speaking devices that Lincoln uses in...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:26:48 PST

There are some powerful rhetorical speaking devices that Lincoln uses in his speech. One such device is the use of repetition that is employed to punctuate the purpose of the end of clauses or sentences. This can be seen in his concluding thought to the address: "that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Earth." The repetition of preposition followed by "the people" punctuates the end of...

What are two rhetorical devices Lincoln used in his "Gettysburg Address?"

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:00:27 PST

What are two rhetorical devices Lincoln used in his "Gettysburg Address?"

No, Abraham Lincoln never owned slaves. Some other Presidents did,...

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:20:13 PST

No, Abraham Lincoln never owned slaves. Some other Presidents did, such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, a slave state, but his family opposed slavery. They later moved to Indiana and then Illinois, both of which were free states. Abraham Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd, did come from a wealthy slave-owning family in Kentucky. It took her some time to adjust to a life without slaves, as she...

Did Abraham Lincoln have any slaves?

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:21:32 PST

Did Abraham Lincoln have any slaves?

Dear Steinman1, I believe you are asking if there are any true...

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:56:55 PST

Dear Steinman1, I believe you are asking if there are any true historians left. Yes, there are many true historians left. You sound like one yourself. I have a question for you. What are you hoping to accomplish? If you want to donate your finding to a museum for all to see and appreciate, then give the envelope to Mr. John Lupton. He has already validated the document. Perhaps you could have it displayed with his project along with your...

Dear Steinman1, I believe you are asking if there are any true...

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:53:21 PST

Lincoln "scholars?"

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:23:21 PST

Lincoln "scholars?"

I do believe that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest American President. ...

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:54:31 PST

I do believe that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest American President. Washington did have a difficult task as the first American President, but Lincoln had to truly define what our nation really was in order to make decisions during the Civil War. Our country went into that war as a Union of virtually independent states and came out of it transformed to Lincoln's view of a indivisable nation. At the beginning of the Civil War a man like...

This is a great question!I find George Washington, not Abraham Lincoln,...

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:05:10 PST

This is a great question!I find George Washington, not Abraham Lincoln, to be our greatest president. I would rank Abraham Lincoln a close second, though. I find George Washington to be our best president because he fought for SO many years as our general (and did a great job overall) and then was able to get the members of the constitutional committee to come together, although there were many disagreements and at times, hard feelings. ...

Abraham Lincoln-- Greatest American President?

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:42:06 PST

Do you think Abraham Lincoln was the best American president in history? Why or Why not?