Ethos In The Gettysburg Address

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“Gettysburg Address”
November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a powerful speech on the battlegrounds that housed bloodshed. Lincoln wanted to inspire the remaining survivors and the families of the men who didn’t make it out of the battle. The land was dedicated as a memorial to the fallen soldiers. Therefore, it was the dedication of the Union soldiers who passed away due to the battle. The reverent tone throughout the speech “Gettysburg Address” appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos through the use of illusions, structure, and diction To begin with, Abraham Lincoln uses pathos, which appeals to the illusion constructed in the speech. First, Lincoln starts off with “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent,