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In what ways is equality a proposition, or belief, worth fighting for?. Focus Question. What do you know about Abraham Lincoln?. You have 1 MINUTE. Write down as many facts as you can about Abraham Lincoln. 1-2 facts = 1 point 3-5 facts = 2 points 6+ facts = 3 points.
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In what ways is equality a proposition, or belief, worth fighting for? Focus Question
You have 1 MINUTE.Write down as many facts as you can about Abraham Lincoln.
1-2 facts = 1 point 3-5 facts = 2 points 6+ facts = 3 points Tally Your Points
General George G. Meade UNION
General Robert E. Lee CONFEDERACY
More than 50,000 dead or hurt.
Word Whiz In Your Own Words • Your group has definitions ofsome words from a part of the Gettysburg Address. • Your job is to review the words and their definitions and use them to help you re-write the text in your own words.
Catch My Drift: Word Repetition • we = 10 times • here = 8 times • dedicate or dedicated = 6 times • nation = 5 times
Catch My Drift: Word Challenge Create a sentence that contains these 4 words and no more than 12 total words that summarizes the purpose of this speech. In other words, what did Lincoln want people to remember, or take away, from it? • nation ~ dedicate(d) ~ here ~ we
Telltale Techniques: Rhetorical Devices • Rhetorical devices call attention to and strengthen ideas. • Contrasts: putting two opposite ideas in one thought • Triads: repeating three related thoughts, usually using similar grammar
Telltale Techniques: Contrasts • “To be or not to be . . .” William Shakespeare’s Hamlet • “The best means of insuring peace is to be prepared for war.” Alexander Hamilton • “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Mohammad Ali
Telltale Techniques: Triads • Hear no evil,see no evil, speak no evil.” • “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness” Declaration of Independence • “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Sir Winston Churchill
ID It: Text Structures • Cause and Effect • Chronological Order • Compare and Contrast • Description • Problem - Solution
ID It: Text Structure • Chronological Order • Past • Present • Future
ID It: Clues to the Past What is the year President Lincoln is referring to in this passage?
ID It: Clues to the Past Which word and which phrase in this passage refers to afamous historic document?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal. . . with certain unalienable Rights. . . among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
ID It: Call to Action In persuasive writing, particularly in speeches, the writer makes a call to action. This call to action asks or encourages the audience to do something about a problem.