Diction In The Gettysburg Address

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The “Gettysburg Address”, written by Abraham Lincoln, was a speech delivered at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg. Lincoln is communicating with the people to pay a tribute to the dead soldiers while trying to bring the people and country together and to brighten their futures. Lincoln uses a hopeful, yet serious tone to accomplish this. Lincoln uses strong diction and syntax, along with other rhetorical strategies to convey his message. Lincoln’s serious diction urges the reader to take action. Lincoln says, “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.” Here Lincoln uses the word “we” instead of “you” to address the audience. The people