SOAPStone for "The Gettysburg Address"
What is the speaker for the speech? Who spoke it?
It was 1-st person, and Abraham Lincoln spoke it.
What was the audience for this story?
What type of appeal was used in "The Gettysburg Address"?
An ethos appeal.
What was the prejudice behind this speech?
The enslavement of and racism against Africans.
What was the main purpose of this story?
To show that fate is unavoidable.
What was the occasion and subject of this speech?
The Battle of Gettysburg, and the larger Civil War.
What is the speaker of this story?
An unknown, 3rd-person speaker.
What were the tones used in "Hercules"?
An optimistic tone, and a dark & sorrowful tone.
What is the main message of this speech?
Lincoln, and the rest of the Union, feel extremely sorry that many soldiers had to die at Gettysburg, but it was for a valiant cause; the people should continue what the soldiers started, which was to support the Union.
Is there a difference between the purpose and message of this story?
While both are that fate is unavoidable, the message is more detailed than the purpose.
Who was meant to be the audience for this speech?
A general audience of all American citizens.
What was the occasion behind this story?
What is the difference between the ethos appeal in "The Gettysburg Address" and the pathos appeal in "Hercules"?
The ethos appeal played into people's ethics and morality, while the pathos appeal played into people's emotions and feelings.
How is the audience meant to feel after listening to this speech?
They are meant to feel invigorated and encouraged to support the Union.
What is the prejudice in this story?
Hera had an irrational hatred for Hercules, which is why she cursed him to kill his family.
What were the two purposes of this speech?
To commemorate the fallen soldiers at Gettysburg, and to also rally the American people to the Union.
How did the tones shift throughout the story?
It began as optimistic, but then it later became suspenseful and sorrowful when Hercules killed his family.
How was the ethos appeal of "The Gettysburg Address" used to further its purpose?
It appealed to people's ethics. It was wrong to own slaves, and it was right to free them.
How did the speaker's expression of the speech influence the audience's response?
The passionate and charismatic tones of the speaker's expression helped inspire a sense of bravery and courageousness in the audience's response.
What is the speaker's expression of this story?
The suspenseful tone was used to show how something bad was going to happen, and that nothing could change it. (A representation of fate.)
What did the tones of this speech do for the purposes?
The tones helped advance the purposes by instilling confidence into the people that they would join the Union and win the war.
What is the difference between the purpose and subject of this story?
What are the similarities and differences between the tones used in "The Gettysburg Address" and the tones used in "Hercules"?
They both have the same tones of sadness and optimism, but each one has it reversed. "The Gettysburg Address" begins as sad and then shifts to optimistic, while "Hercules" begins as optimistic and then shifts to sorrowfulness.
How did Lincoln express his purpose in the speech? (Hint: Remember speaker's expression.)
He used a passionate and charismatic tone at the end in order to sway people to the Union so that Gettysburg's fallen soldiers wouldn't have died in vain.
How is the audience meant to feel after reading this story? What are they supposed to take away from it?
They are meant to feel uneasy but knowledgeable now, as the story is meant to be a cautionary tale about fate's inevitability.