Melanie, Amanda, Beth and Kaiti

We think that Lincolns purpose of this speech is to reunite the states and start over again and to dedicate the ground to the brave men that served in the battle. Lincoln used plural words such as us in line 14 and 17 as well as we in line 5 to insure others that we are not in this alone. We think that it was very powerful because he wasnt afraid to talk about the lives lost, nobody really wants to talk about that, but he stood up and used as a reason why we are in this together. that these young men died for the issue we are still dealing with, we need to continue on. In lines 13 and 14 lincoln talks about this by saying "the world little note,nor long remember what we say here but can never forget what they did here." We think what lincoln is trying to say here is actions speak louder than words, and what hes saying in his speech is that the lives lost will be remembered more powerfully that the words talking aouut them. We think that lincolns speech is powerful so that it makes an impression, he wants you to remember what those young men were fighting for, they were fighting for the same issue that everyone is dealing with.