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Lincoln: Brevity, Parallelism, and the Echo of 1776 — Homework
Reread the Gettysburg Address and the assigned Second Inaugural excerpt before answering.
- 1.Subtract 87 from 1863. What document does the Gettysburg Address's opening line deliberately echo?
- 2.Outline the Gettysburg Address's three-part structure (past, present, future) in one phrase each.
- 3.Why does the Address's brevity, compared to Edward Everett's much longer speech that day, matter to its lasting impact?
- 4.Quote or paraphrase one line from the Second Inaugural suggesting shared national responsibility for the war's suffering.
- 5.In six or more sentences, compare the tone of the Second Inaugural to the tone of the Gettysburg Address, using at least one specific phrase from each.
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