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English, 05.12.2019 18:31, knight5910

Question 1
"fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. yet, if god wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the lord are true and righteous altogether."

what is the purpose of this passage from president lincoln’s second inaugural address?

a. to argue that the impact of the war has not yet matched the impact of slavery
b. to show that god will judge everyone who participates in the war
c. to explain that the war will last two hundred fifty years
d. to illustrate that the war has already lasted three thousand years

question 2
"with malice toward none, with charity for all, 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, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

how has president lincoln signaled the end of his speech in this passage?

a. he discusses the wounds and battles of the war
b. he explains the impact on widows and orphans
c. he discusses the firmness of right
d. he explains the need for healing the nation

question 3
"on the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. all dreaded it, all sought to avert it. while the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war-seeking to dissolve the union and divide effects by negotiation."

which rhetorical element is included in this passage from president lincoln’s second inaugural address?

a. ethos
b. pathos
c. theme
d. thesis

question 4
which of the following is an example of a rhetorical device?

a. purpose
b. ethos
c. emotion
d. pattern

question 5
"each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. both read the same bible and pray to the same god, and each invokes his aid against the other. it may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just god's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. the prayers of both could not be answered. that of neither has been answered fully. the almighty has his own purposes."

what theme is presented in this passage from president lincoln’s second inaugural address?

a. god’s purpose is to destroy nations at war.
b. god’s purpose is not the purpose of man.
c. reading the bible and praying invoke anger.
d. reading the bible does not allow answers to prayer.

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