The Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Analysis

Abraham Lincoln would use literary devices to keep the readers interested and connect with them. Abraham Lincoln is good with using literary devices to make the audience feel included and together. He also is good at making connections with the audience and connect with them in multiple ways. Abraham Lincoln does not speak for very long, but when he speaks it is empowering and uplifting.In Abraham Lincoln's speech, “The Gettysburg Address,” he uses allusions, pronouns, and personifications to keep his audience intrigued.

Abraham Lincoln uses allusions in his speech, “The Gettysburg Address.” In the speech he says, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers” (Lincoln 28). Abraham Lincoln is saying this was 87 years ago in the year 1776 when the nation was founded our fathers created this nation. He is using a biblical quote from Psalms 90:10 from the Bible. He uses this because his audience back in the 1860’s were very religious and it connected to them. Another example of an allusion is when Abraham Lincoln says, “Dedicated to the proposal that all men are created equal,” (Lincoln 28). He is saying that we have a nation where all men should be treated as equals and not treated different. Abraham Lincoln uses this quote from the Declaration of Independence to make a connection with

He includes the audience and himself together instead of separate. Another example of a pronoun is, “We cannot dedicate-- we cannot consecrate-- we cannot hallow-- this ground” (Lincoln 29). Lincoln is saying that they can not dedicate the grounds any more sacred than they already are. They are honored that they served the country so they can not hollow the grounds and move them