ELA : O Captain My Captain and Gurleys Sermon for Abraham Lincoln

Ardently

Passionately

Athwart

Across or against

Providence

Guardianship

Chaplain

Dr. Phineas T. Gurley

Immortal

Living forever

Quench

To put an end to

Consecrated

Dedicated to a sacred purpose

Repair

to come together

Incentive

Reward

Fidelity

Loyalty

“though the friends of liberty die, liberty itself is ____”

immortal

Lincoln died by ___

assasination

The sermon was performed __ days after Lincoln’s death

4

Gurley repeated “he is __ but” to show that there is still hope for america after Lincoln

dead

According to Gurley, __ will guide and strengthen Lincoln’s successors

God

Sentence 1 (Sermon)

God will strengthen Lincoln’s successors

Sentence 2 (Sermon)

All Lincolns virtues and his faith in god is the power of good for America

Sentence 3 (Sermon)

The cause Lincoln fought for will survive even after he is dead

According to Gurley, Lincoln only saw the dawn and daystar of joy and peace. What stage of development is the dawn period?

The start of the liberation for all movement

At what stage will the sun shine on his grave?

when the american people are reunited

what must the friends of liberty and the union gather from lincolns ashes and rehearse from his deeds and virtues

Renewed patrioism (loyalty to god and country)

Allegory

extended metaphor

rack

windy storm

mournful

sad  

what does the speaker ask of the captain

to rise up from the deck

why does the speaker make this request?

the speaker wants the captain to see all the people cheering for him

whom does the speaker compare his captain

to a father

Lincoln is compared to 2 types of people. who?

captain of a ship and a father

are the comparisons rational?

yes because the captain is the leader of a ship like how a president is the leader of his/her country and a father has to take care of his children like how a president takes care of his/her country