In Abraham Lincoln's second Inaugural Address, the audience expects a lengthy speech on politics, slavery, and states' rights, but is actually embraced with encouraging words about mending the broken nation after the effects of the Civil War. Lincoln does this by using ethos, pathos and tone with in his speech to reach out to his audience, and make them feel as if they are held responsible to help they're beloved nation when it is in need of care. Within Lincoln's ethos, pathos, and tone he persuades his audience to trust and respect his words, and to follow him on the path to a better nation.
As the fifth president of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln appears extremely credible, and is seen as a reliable source of information. Lincoln uses ethos with in his speech to express the credibility that he truly disserves. When Lincoln recites that, "The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust,......
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