What do you notice about the length of the speech?

It is short but to the point

What do you notice about the organisations?

There is a intro body and conclusion 3 parts

What do you think is the thesis of the speech?

Using Pathos to get the country to pull together to make the country something great

Name two techniques (with quotes) which you feel are successfully employed and discuss why you feel they are so effective?

repetition (government of the people, by the people, for the people), alliteration (poor power), emotional tone (dead shall not have died in vain)(shall not perish from the earth), metaphor (birth of freedom) 

Why do you think that the concluding statement is considered so important and powerful by many Americans to this day?

It is the foundation of american culture