Paraphrase Practice

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Lincoln 



(image from rogerebert.com)
In a review about the movie Lincoln the historian film critic and historian Roger Ebert discusses the way the director incorporated some of Lincoln's most famous speeches into the film. "There are some battlefields in "Lincoln" but the only battle scene is at the opening, when the words of the Gettysburg Address are spoken with the greatest possible impact, and not by Lincoln. Kushner also smoothly weaves the wording of the 13th Amendment into the film without making it sound like an obligatory history lesson."(rogerebert.com)
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 In the review, from rogerebert.com, Roger Ebert discusses the movie "Lincoln." Ebert first begins by informing the reader that there was only one combat scene in the movie between the Union and Confederate soldiers, though there was more than one shot of the aftermath of a battle,  is overlayed with the recitation of the Gettysburg Adress. And the poignancy of this moment is attributed to the fact that the person reciting the Gettysburg Adress is not Lincoln but the soldiers. In addition, the writer of the movie, Tony Kushner, incorporates the 13th Amendment into the movie without boring the viewer. (Roger Ebert)


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In the review, from rogerebert.com, Roger Ebert discusses the movie "Lincoln." Ebert first begins by informing the reader that there was only one combat scene in the movie between the Union and Confederate soldiers, though there was more than one shot of the aftermath of a battle,  is overlayed with the recitation of the Gettysburg Adress. And the poignancy of this moment is attributed to the fact that the person reciting the Gettysburg Adress is not Lincoln but the soldiers. In addition, Ebert complements the writer of the movie, Tony Kushner, on his ability to incorporate the 13th Amendment into the movie without making the viewer a bored student. (Roger Ebert)


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