Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. What is the example of antithesis in the Gettysburg Address excerpt above? great task/increased devotion freedom/government death/birth of freedom death/this nation

Answer 1

last full measure of devotion/ highly resolve that they have not died in vain

new birth of freedom/ shall not perish from the earth

shall not have died in vain/ birth of freedom

Antithesis refers is a technique in literature that heavily relies on contrasts of the words used in a statement.