Gettysburg Address
By Abraham Lincoln
1
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created equal.
2Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or
any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. 3We are met on a
great battle-field of that war. 4We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as
a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that nation might live. 5
It
is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
6But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we
cannot hallow — this ground. 7
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled
here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. 8
The world
will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. 9
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. 10It is rather
for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from
these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they
gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
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1. To what composition does Abraham Lincoln refer in the beginning sentence of
his famous speech, Gettysburg Address?
A. Constitution of the Confederate States of America
B. The Articles of Confederation
C. The Declaration of Independence
D. The United States Constitution (E) Emancipation Proclamation
2. What was the speaker’s main purpose in delivering the speech?
A. to draw attention from the predicament of those constrained into long-lasting
work and poverty
B. to encourage black people to persevere, to deepen and extend their
contributions to American life and culture until those contributions are
impossible to ignore
C. to impart wisdom about how to live up to the ideals of manhood
D. to speak about freedom and equality
3. Anaphora is a rhetorical term when a writer or speaker repeats the same
beginning of a sentence several times. In which of the following lines did Lincoln
include an anaphora?
A. sentence 1 C. sentence 3
B. sentence 6 D. sentence 8
4. Which of the following statements shows an example of parallelism?
A. statement 2 C. statement 3
B. statement 5 D. statement 8
5. What American value is represented in the speech?
A. All are created equally regardless of birth color, religious belief, sexual
orientation or wealth.
B. It is about the value of optimism and of facing tough times with the same
tenacity with which you face good times.
C. It speaks on the value of simple, hard work and how one does not need to
imbue it with a special meaning for it to have value.
D. The speech embodies perseverance and deepened or extended contributions
to American life and culture until those contributions are impossible to ignore.
Answer:
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. c
5. a
Explanation:
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