Rhetorical Situation
Speaker:
1. Who is speaking
The speaker in the second Inaugural address is Abraham Lincoln.
2. Why was this person chosen to speak? What are his qualifications?
Audience:
Lincoln was chosen to speak by the desire to create a peaceful nation and the quality of words Lincoln uses to express what he wants to achieve to his audience.
3. Who is the speaker talking to and how is that audience feeling?
Lincoln is talking to the fellow country men which will be the United states and people involved in the government. The audience's feelings were all mixed feelings from the article being read .
4. Who is a secondary audience for this speech? Who was not there to listen directly but would have read the speech at a later
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The people who were not there and later read the speech would be students or people studying the second Inaugural speech.
5. What were both of these audiences expecting to hear? What were they interested in?
Both of the audience were expecting to hear the news on how the government would decide the war. The people were interested in how the government would handle the situation of war in the United states.
6. How did the speaker appeal to his direct and indirect audiences?
Occasion:
Lincoln appeals to his direct and indirect audience by using pathos heavily in his speech to bring emotional guidance to the audience to agree with him.
7. Why was this speech being delivered at this time? What caused so many people to show up to listen to it?
This speech was being delivered at this time on March 4 1865 to express his hope for the end of the Americans' striving for peace and to say that the war was not in his hand it was on gods.
8. What was the mood of the audience and community when the speech was given?
The mood of the audience and the community when the speech was being given was “dreaded - all sought to avert it”.
Organization
Introduction:
9. What technique does the speaker use to open his
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What emotional tone does the speaker set?
The speaker set an emotional tone by endorsing God playing an important role in the war.
14. Why is this tone appropriate for the occasion?
The tone in the speech is appropriate because it gives the Bible parts so the audience share the same type of common ground when it comes to God
15. What are three words or phrases that the speaker chose to help establish this tone?
Three phrases that the speaker choose to help establish this tone is “with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds;”, living God always ascribe to him?, orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.”
Ethos:
16. What does the speaker do to establish a persuasive identity?
The speakers to establish a persuasive idea establish a trust between the audience and reader by implying a positive direct and creative sense .
17. What does the speaker say to make the audience want to listen?
The speaker to catch the audience's attention uses phrases such as build up peace to express the Direction he wishes the nation will look towards