analyzing the text
cite text evidence support your responses with evidence from the selection.
1. identify in lines 17-20, lincoln says that one party "would make war' while
the other "would accept war" to whom was lincoln referring in each part of this
sentence? how does this sentence begin to set the tone or attitude that lincoln
takes throughout the speech?
2. compare what are the similarities between northerners and southerners that
lincoln outlines in the speech? what are their differences? why does lincoln
highlight these similarities and differences in the speech?
3. evaluate what does lincoln mean when he says 'neither anticipated that the
cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should
cease" (lines 30-32)?
4. analyze lincoln makes a moral argument in lines 39-54. both his premise and
claim can be inferred from the biblical quotations at the beginning and end of the
paragraph. what evidence does lincoln present so that his claim follows logically
from the premise?
5. infer how might the statement, 'the almighty has his own purposes' (line 39)
relate to lincoln's purpose in giving this speech?
6. evaluate why does lincoln use religious references in his argument?
7. analyze examine the rhetorical features that lincoln uses in the concluding
paragraph of the speech. how do these features support lincoln's purpose? what
theme does this conclusion express?