Tools Of Persuasion In Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln started out in life as a log-splitter in Springfield, Illinois, blossomed into one of America’s greatest president, and had his life ended too early in the President’s Box of Fords Theatre. His Gettysburg Address demonstrates why we now see him as that great man—he did not antagonize, nor did he show disrespect to the dead, even those who fought for the Confederacy. He treated them all as people of one country, and honored them all equally. Lincoln’s respect for every man living, fighting and dying in the war gave the Gettysburg Address its lasting power. Using primarily pathos and ethos in his speech, Lincoln gave hope not only to his grief-stricken audience but to an entire nation torn apart by war.
Lincoln’s use of pathos is most apparent in his deliverance of The Gettysburg Address. The speech is brimming with examples of emotionally charged words such as “hallow”, “unfinished work”, “nobly advanced” and “that these dead shall not have......
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