The gettysburg address was 29 paragraphs long and actually took lincoln more than 1 hour to read.

question 1 options:
true
false
question 2
when lincoln states "the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated " what does he mean?

question 2 options:

the brave men died fighting for a worthless cause.

the brave men's bodies, as well as survivors, ultimately made the ground holy.

the brave men deserved to be turned into saints.

question 3
which of the following speaking tactics did lincoln not use when giving the gettysburg address?

question 3 options:

he kept his voice steady and monotone.

he frequently paused for the audience to process his words.

he articulated his language.

question 4
"o captain, my captain! " is viewed by many as a/an to

question 4 options:

eulogy, pre-war america

memorial, deceased slaves

elegy, lincoln

question 5
what type of figurative language does whitman use to compare america to a "ship? "

question 5 options:

simile

metaphor

hyperbole

Which of the following does not apply to an informative text? select all that apply. persuasive techniques supporting evidence opinions narrative text

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

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