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Abraham Lincoln (not yet president of the United States) We know that Lincoln is against slavery. We know that the Northern states favor him more than Southern states. We know that Lincoln is a Republican.
 * AUTHOR**

We know that there is a division between the North and the South. Northern states: against slavery Southern states: strongly for slavery
 * PRIOR KNOWLEDGE**

1858 (two years before Lincoln was nominated as a presidential candidate)
 * PLACE AND TIME**

The audience is America, as a nation, and its people, because Lincoln wishes to convince both sides of the slavery issue that there needs to be an agreement.
 * AUDIENCE**

Lincoln's reason for writing this is to convince Americans that an agreement needs to made in order for the nation to stay strong & to develop. He also wants to question "where we are and whither we are tending" so that America can figure out what the next step to take is.
 * REASON**

The main idea of this writing is that America is divided and that the division is not healthy for the nation's power.
 * THE MAIN IDEA**

It is important that Lincoln reminds American citizens of where they stand, so that hope can be aroused and changes can be made
 * SIGNIFICANC****E**

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