Question

Use the SOAPS method to identify the main idea of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Answer the questions in one to three short sentences. Part A Who is the speaker of the Second Inaugural Address?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Part A: The speaker of the Second Inaugural Address is Abraham Lincoln.

Part B: The occasion of this speech was that his second term as US president was beginning.

Part C: The intended audience were the citizens of the United States.

Part D: The speech’s purpose was that he wanted to talk about what had caused the Civil War/the division of the country and how he wanted to reunite it.

Part E: The subject of this address is the Civil War, which is ending at the time he gives this speech.

Part F: The main idea of it was that slavery caused the Civil War.

Answer 2

Answer:

the speaker of the Second Inaugural Address was Abraham Lincoln.

the occasion of this speech was the beginning of his second term as US president.

the intended audience was the US citizens.

the speech’s purpose was that he wanted to talk about the causes of the Civil War.

the subject of this address is the Civil War

the main idea was that slavery was the cause of the Civil War.

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