Consecrate means to make or declare sacred. Hallow means to make or declare holy. Why, in Lincoln’s view, is it not possible for the crowd to consecrate or hallow the cemetery? To do so would dishonor the dead. The ground had already been hallowed by the sacrifice of the dead. The people gathered there did not have enough power to hallow the ground.

Find a copy of a bible story told in narrative form (for example, the good samaritan, any of the parables, old testament stories such as abraham and isaac, and so on). if you need finding one, ask your teacher. as you read the story, pick out the figures of speech. write each one down and identify it with the proper name. show the resulting list to your teacher.