Which excerpt from "1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times” is an example of Lincoln’s sarcasm?
Readers can tell that authors are using sarcasm when they
Which sentence uses hyperbole?
Read this excerpt from a secondary source about Abraham Lincoln.Lincoln joined a volunteer company in the Black Hawk War in 1832. He served only three months in the war, and he never saw battle. Even so, Lincoln considered this event to be one of the greatest successes of his life. The men in his company elected him captain, and Lincoln was very proud of, yet humbled by, their confidence in him.
Read these excerpts.My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon counties, Illinois.–“1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times”He [Lincoln] could remember how he stayed by his mother’s side and watched her face while listening to her read the Bible.–“Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home at Knob Creek”
Read this excerpt from the secondary source “Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home at Knob Creek.”Lincoln once wrote that while living on Knob Creek he and his sister, Sarah, were sent for short periods to an A, B, C school—the first kept by Zachariah Riney, and the second by Caleb Hazel. These were subscription schools and lasted only a few months. Free schools did not come to Kentucky until the 1830s.
Read this excerpt from “1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times .”If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes—no other marks or brands recollected.
Read this description of Abraham Lincoln.In her later life [Lincoln’s] step-mother spoke of him always with the tenderest feeling. On one occasion she said: “He never gave me a cross word or look, and never refused, in fact or appearance, to do anything I requested of him.”
Read this excerpt from “1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times .”If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes—no other marks or brands recollected.
Read this excerpt from “1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times.”Then came the Black-Hawk war; and I was elected a Captain of Volunteers—a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since. I went the campaign, was elated, ran for the Legislature the same year (1832) and was beaten—the only time I have been beaten by the people. The next, and three succeeding biennial elections, I was elected to the Legislature.
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