Question

(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)

1. A critical book review

2. A company's mission statement

3. A solemn discussion of events

4. A lecture on fascinating history

Answer 1

Answer: 3. A solemn discussion of events.

Explanation: In the given speech we can see that it is being discussed the importance of the men that gave their live fighting for their nation, for liberty, equality and human rights. Solemn means something formal and dignified so just by reading the speech we can recognized that its purpose is to make a solemn discussion of events, to honor those men and to emphasize the importance of what they did.

Answer 2

3. A solemn discussion of events