Question

by abraham lincoln
november 19, 1863
fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on
this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long
endure. we are met on a great battle - field of that war. we
have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting -
place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation
might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do
this. but, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. the brave men,
living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far
above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little
note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never
forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be
dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought
here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be
from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that
cause for which they here 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.
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select the correct answer.
what is tone of the passage?
a. respectful
b. worried
c. hopeful
d. passionate

Explanation:

The passage is the Gettysburg Address, which honors soldiers who died in the Civil War, references the nation's founding ideals, and commits to continuing their work. The tone is solemn and full of regard for the fallen and the nation's purpose, which aligns with being respectful. It is not overly worried, hopeful (though it has an underlying commitment, respect is the primary tone), or passionate in an intense, emotional way.

Answer:

A. respectful