One of the most memorable speeches that Americans

recognize to this day is remembered by its argument and call to

action. Known as, “The Gettysburg Address,” the author, Abraham
Lincoln, uses rhetorical strategies such as parallelism, tone, and
repetition to reinforce his argument that we should honor those who
have passed on and keep fighting in their place.
How this speech was perceived was based on the
rhetorical strategies Lincoln used to keep the audience engaged such
as parallelism. As Proof, he repeatedly used the words ‘we can not,’
to give contribute a presence of urgency. Case in point: “But, in a
larger sense, we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not
hallow-this ground.” The highlighted excerpt is an example of the
parallelism used to accentuate the idea that we need to honor those
who have fought for us, especially the highlighted segment. As a
result, a cemetery, “The Cemetery at Gettysburg,” dedicated to the
fallen soldiers. Because of this speech, it’s suspected many sought
out the call to action whether it be visiting the cemetery or simply
expressing their appreciation and honoring those who were a victim
of war.
As a follow up, another rhetorical strategy used a by Lincoln is
a tone of unity. The speech Lincoln gives uses tone indication words
and phrases such as, “all men are created equal,” “us,” and, “we.”
Using the phrases previously chosen, we can infer that Lincoln
wanted to not only include the people attending the speech audience,
but everyone in America. Lincoln also states, “The world will little
note, nor long remember what we say here, but we can never forget
what they did here.” This just one other significant piece of
evidence that Lincoln wanted everyone to listen and do what he was
telling us to do. That it’s itself reinforces the idea that we should
ALL honor those who ‘have walked so we could run.’
 As if the rest of the rhetorical strategies weren’t enough, there
is, once again, another strategy to be acknowledged. Repetition is
used many times in this speech such as using variations of ‘dedicate’
6 times. The actual definition of dedicate is ‘devoted to a task or
purpose.’ Reinforcing the initial message, Lincoln uses this to send
a message of sincerity to the audience. He wants all of us to not only
honor our fallen soldiers but to do it genuinely and constantly. By
giving us the Gettysburg Cemetery, he is issuing options of ways of
expressing our appreciation.
Henceforth, Abraham Lincoln expresses and reassures his
primary idea: we should continuously honor the fallen soldiers of
America and not let there deaths be in vain.