In “The Gettysburg Address,” how does Abraham Lincoln use rhetoric to emphasize the soldiers’ sacrifice at Gettysburg? Select all that apply. A) He uses figurative language when he says, “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.”
B) He uses parallel structure when he says, “and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
C) He uses parallel structure when he says, “The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”
D) He uses figurative language when he says, “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

a. it reminds protestors of the reasons they have to protest.

its d because i know