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Read the excerpt from abraham lincoln second inaugural address march 4, 1865 president lincoln gave his second inaugural address in march 1865.

on the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. all dreaded it, all sought to avert it. while the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the union and divide effects by negotiation. both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.

part a how does lincoln's use of the words anxiously, dreaded, and destroy affect the paragraph?

a) they give the paragraph a controlled and objective tone.

b) they give the paragraph an informal and personal tone.

c)they give the paragraph an intense and foreboding tone.

d) they give the paragraph an angry and vicious tone.

part b how do the tone identified in part a and lincoln's repeated use of the word all advance his purpose in the paragraph?

they convey the widespread sense of doubt regarding the chances of victory in the war.

they explain the broadly held view of war as a serious event that could easily have been avoided.

they clarify the universal dread of war felt by both sides even while engaging in it.

they show the general agreement to aggressively pursue national goals through war.

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