Gettysburg AddressBy Clayton Strider

SpeakerThe speaker is Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States and the president during the Civil War.

OccasionThe occasion of the speech was to dedicate the cemetery near the Battle of Gettysburg to the Union soldiers.

“But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”

Audience

People attending ceremonySupporters of the UnionCritics of the warConfederates

PurposeThe purpose of his speech was to frame the Civil War as a conflict, state the importance of winning the war, and to support believers of the Union cause.

SubjectThe subject of the speech was the dedication of the ground that the Union soldiers fought on during the Civil War. The subject also was America’s future in general.

Tone

Lincoln’s tone in this speech was powerful, forceful and also elevated.

Ethos, Pathos, and LogosLincoln has automatic ethos in this speech since he is the president.Lincoln also used logos in his speech. He says logical things like how

many people died and how they will be remembered. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so

conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.”

Lincoln also uses pathos. He talks about all the lives that has been lost and touches at your emotions.

“But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate – we can not hallow – this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”

Speech

ConclusionThe Gettysburg Address talks about the importance of equality among men as promoted in the Declaration of Independence. Its summary also states that the Civil War was a struggle to maintain the Union, which was being divided by a succession problem. It resulted to a new freedom that eventually offered equality among all citizens of the country.