Gettysburg Address

1
Gettysburg Address

• By Abraham Lincoln

2
The Battle of Gettysburg

• Took place in July of 1863.

3
Lincolns address (speech)

• November 19, 1863
• Dedication of a military cemetery

4
(No Transcript)
5
Robert E. Lee Confederate vs. Meade, Union General

• One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War was
  fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 1-3,
  1863. General Robert E. Lee came face to face
  with a Union army led by General George Meade.

6
(No Transcript)
7

• Confederate South (pro slavery)
• UnionNorth (against slavery.)

8
Significance of the Battle

• 51,000 soldiers dead, wounded, or missing during
  the three day battle.
• Gettysburg kept the war in the South.

9
Refrain

• Refrain is a repeated word, phrase, line to build
  rhythm and emphasize your theme or message.
• Ex. I have a dream

10
(No Transcript)
11
(No Transcript)
12
(No Transcript)
13
Four score and seven years ago

• 1863 four score and seven

14
1776

• Who are the founding fathers and what did they do?

15
The Declaration of Independence
16
The Declaration of Independence1776

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
  men are created equal, that they are endowed
  with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
  are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

17
July 4, 1776
18
Declaration of Independence

• All Men are Created Equal

19
I Have a Dream

• August 28, 1963
• Washington D.C.
• Civil Rights Movement-equality
• Purpose?
• Five score years ago

20
Allusion- indirect reference

• Bible
• Book of Isaiah
• Hebrew prophet
• Awaiting the Messiahs coming for the Jewish
  people.

21
Essay

• Compare and contrast the themes of Abraham
  Lincolns Gettysburg Address and the excerpt form
  Martin Luther Kings speech I Have a Dream.
• Support your topic sentence with details from the
  two speeches.

22
Transition words for comparison

• Both, also, in addition, likewise, similarly,
  moreover, as well as

23
Transition words for contrast

• But
• Yet
• In contrast to
• On the other hand
• unlike
• however
• Different than

24
creed

• Statement of belief
• Antonym
• Vs
• Synonym

25
oasis

• Place or thing offering relief.

26
exalted

• Lifted up

27
Discords

• conflicts

28
prodigious

• huge