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why does abraham lincoln use formal diction in the gettysburg address?

to make his appeal less emotional
to connect on a personal level with his audience
to express the intensity of his anger about the war
to give a sense of importance to the occasion

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Explanation:

Using formal diction doesn't necessarily decrees how emotional a speech is.

Formal diction is less personal than informal diction.

If he using formal or informal diction he could of conveyed the same amount of anger.

citizens are given 25 years of life to prove their worth to society; if they fail to do great things

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.