This week, I want you to go back and look at the blog responses that you sent in last week. Many responses were half-hearted or half-attempted at best, and since this is some of the last rhetorical analysis practice you'll get before the exam, I want you to go back and make sure you are happy with your answers before I grade them.
When you are happy with your answers REPOST THEM, and I will grade them this week.
Casey Coggins 1st
ReplyDelete1. The author is a man who has accepted the fact that the outcome of the war was not perfect and continued to work to make his country better. The audience is the group of people who are not satisfied with the result of the war and, thus, do not want to do anything to benefit the society. The occasion is Lincoln’s inauguration speech in 1965, shortly after the tumultuous Civil War that caused much anger and nearly shattered the nation. The purpose of this speech is to encourage Americans who are bitter about the war to accept the things they cannot change, such as God’s will concerning the war’s outcome, and to move past that anger in order to reconstruct the nation to a better place.
2. In the first two paragraphs Lincoln compares his two-inauguration speeches and the state of the nation then and now in order to point out how much has occurred in that time and offer a basis for his purpose. He also compares the two parties, those for slavery and those against slavery, throughout the speech in order to, first, explain the opposing views of the time and, second, bring them together in his final comparison between the people’s will and God’s will. The comparison of wills allows the audience to see the folly in their own will and cling to God’s will instead.
3. Lincoln effectively uses references to God in his speech because he does not just blatantly come out and reproach the people, but he makes connections to the audience while referencing God (“Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God”), which allows for the audience to feel a closer connection to Lincoln’s message. Also, he makes God’s word and will relevant to the current situation, which causes the audience to have an understanding of their situation and allows them to release their anger in a peaceful way that will bring improvement instead of a way that will further divide the country.
Abby Ingle
ReplyDelete1. Author- a leader who is attempting to unite his country.
Audience- people who oppose the unity of the North and the South.
occasion- Lincoln is giving this speech towards the end of the war.
purpose- to convince those who oppose unity that it is a good thing.
2. Lincoln compares what the country was like before and after the war, as well as the two opposing sides to each other, to show how unity would be positive for the nation.
3. Lincoln effectively uses God to convince the two sides to unite. Religious allusions create a sense of ethos, and by using it in this particular speech, it shows the North and South why they should be peaceful and civil towards each other.
Tanner
ReplyDelete1.Author-A man of high authority speaking on behalf of American people.
Audience- Those who respect Lincoln and his beliefs.
Occasion-Lincoln's second inauguration
Purpose-The purpose of this is to show the past accomplishments he's made since in office, and the future accomplishments he plans to make, along with how he plans to complete them through the power of God.
2. Lincoln compares life during slavery and life after slavery. The view of pre-civil war to current civil war (at the time).
3. Lincoln effectively uses God in his speech. Being in the 1860's almost all American's were of Christian faith and took it very seriously. Using a religious figure in his speech allows him to connect with the audience and to justify his actions he has done and had yet to do through the use of what God says is right and wrong, and how God never left his side and helped him choose all decisions.
God cares for the US and seeks to help it bind it's wounds, according to Lincoln.
Cameron Simon
ReplyDelete1) By using comparisons and biblical allusions,Abraham Lincoln delivers a compelling speech about the immorality of the civil War and slavery
2)Lincoln uses comparisons to describe the North and the South armies By saying that they worship the same god, read the same bible, and even prayed to destroy each other.
3)Lincoln used his references to god very effectively by using quotes from the bible and how god let them destroy one other for the cruelties of slavery