What is the purpose of a literary analysis essay?

a) to summarize a literary work
b) to review a literary work
c) to argue a personal interpretation of a literary work
d) to give a detailed description of a literary work

answer: the gettysburg address is a speech delivered by abraham lincoln at the november 19, 1863, dedication of soldier’s national cemetery, a cemetery for union soldiers killed at the battle of gettysburg during the american civil war.

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