Read this excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and then answer the question that follows: (1) Four score and seven
years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war ... testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated ... can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. (2) We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate ... we cannot consecrate ... we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. The purpose of this speech is most similar to which of these? (5 points) Select one: a. A critical book review b. A company's mission statement c. A solemn discussion of events d. A lecture on fascinating history
C <<<< short answer. It is too emotional and too heart felt to be D. No American interprets it that way.
A critical book review??? Surely that's a joke in bad taste. It was a eulogy delivered after a great battle with the loss of life on both sides.
What mission statement? What's being proposed. Who would develop a mission statement based on the death of thousands of young people in their prime. What statement cold possibly come out of that?
Euphemism is the method of describing in a polite and agreeable manner something that is harsh, rude or offensive. There are positive and negative euphemism. One negative consequence of using euphemism is that it reduces the level of transparency.
