Lincoln
The Declaration of Independence
I have a Dream
Speech Analysis
Barack Obama
100
This speech was held during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863,
What is the Gettysberg Address?
100
This document states that Americans should have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
This is the featured topic of the speech
What are the rights of the African Americans to achieve equality and freedom?
100
the art of using language for persuasion in speaking or writing
What is rhetoric?
100
The year Barack Obama was elected president
What is 2008?
200
Abraham Lincoln represented this party during his presidency
What is the Reuplican Party?
200
American was at war with this country before the Declaration of Independence was signed
Who is Great Britain?
200
The speech was held on this famous spot in this state
What is Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C?
200
Using the same words repeatedly to make a point
What is repetition?
200
The book Obama wrote with his thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
What is, "The Audacity of Hope?"
300
The passage of this addressed the issue which formally outlawed slavery in the territorial US.
What is the 13th Amendment?
300
The date and year on which the statement was founded
What is July 4th, 1776?
300
The speech culminated this eventful movement for civil rights
What is the Freedom March?
300
One thing is described in terms of another; comparison is usually implicit
What is a metaphor?
400
This was the name of the document which freed the slaves in the rebellion states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
The credited author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
consonants, especially in the beginning of words, or stressed syllables are repeated
What is alliteration?
500
The name of the strong abolitionists within the Republican Party
Who were the Radicals?
500
The single most famous line in the declaration also used later by Abraham Lincoln
What is, 'that all men are created equal'?
500
Thee last words in the speech after "...the old Negro Spiritual"
What is, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"?
500
An omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses. I.e 'Of the people, by the people, for the people'
What is an asyndeton?
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