Parts of Speech and Abraham Lincoln

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Parts of Speech and Abraham Lincoln

• TN Language Arts Checks for Understanding
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On the following slides are sentences that
contain mistakes in capitalization and
punctuation. On your paper, write the sentences
correctly. Use the handout on capitalization
and punctuation to cite the reason for your
correction.
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Abraham had four children Robert Todd Lincoln
Edward Lincoln Willie Lincoln Tad Lincoln but
only Robert Todd Lincoln survived into adulthood?
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Lincoln was fond of pets he owned horses cats
dogs and a turkey
Lincolns dog Fido
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The little girl from Westfield, New York, named
Grace Bedell, promised to get her brothers to
vote for Lincoln if Mr. Lincoln grew a beard. She
insisted that he would be much improved in
appearance, provided you would cultivate
whiskers.
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After Lincoln's election and before his
inauguration, the state of South Carolina
proclaimed its withdrawal from the Union.
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• Delivered by President Abraham Lincoln in
  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, at the dedication of a
  memorial cemetery on November 19, 1863, it is now
  familiarly known as the "Gettysburg Address."

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President Abraham Lincoln and General George B.
McClellan in McClellan's tent. Lincoln sitting
with hat on table
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On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was shot at Ford's
Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an
actor, who somehow thought he was helping the
South
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In this temple, as in the hearts of the people
for whom he saved the Union, the memory of
Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.
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An unconscious Lincoln was carried across the
street to the Petersen House and into the room of
a War Department clerk. The bullet had entered
behind the left ear and ripped a path through the
left side of his brain, mortally wounding him. He
died the next morning.
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I was born Feb. 12, 1809 in Hardin county
kentucky, my parents were both born in
Virginia Abraham Lincoln
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On January 1, 1863 he issued the emancipation
proclamation that declared forever free those
slaves within the confederacy.
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Lincoln wore high top hats, like this one
purchased in Washington, D.C. The last time he
put it on was to go to Fords Theatre on April
14, 1865, the night he was assasinated.