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SAT Reading Drill 2.11 Citing textual evidence 13 Views


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Obama hates income inequality. He argues that the nation is much more similar in talent and drive and deserved income versus The Red State candidate's views.


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00:03

all right Shmoopers we're on our last stretch here last question of the Obama

00:07

inauguration 2013 speech so here we go question which choice gives the [text on screen]

00:11

strongest evidence for the answer to the previous question boy they do a lot of

00:14

these previous things here so let's go back the previous question right there

00:17

and the question was the stance the pres nobama takes in the last whatever graph

00:19

can best be described as wide and we can do deep that's Cruz back there and think

00:23

about economic opportunities from about line 63 on limitless well quality since

00:29

we're like a little pride in where it wages which we got to be a little moment

00:31

we probably even understand that when programs are quittin protons all right

00:35

well we're kind of skimming and we're already swimming in this passively [students in class]

00:38

people in the red nine hundred times now the correct answer is yeah we know [woman swimming]

00:42

hardship the sentence that best reflects Obama's stance is the one that deals [text on screen]

00:46

directly with the dignity of work and the need for suitable wages it's a

00:51

strong statement about income inequality and the need to extend economic recovery [scale tipping]

00:56

widely when he discusses the character of the American people the president [time lapse of busy city]

01:00

talks about their enterprising spirit a and the main thrust of his argument [text on screen]

01:05

though is that he wants that spirit to be put to use he begins the paragraph by [Obama during a speech]

01:09

talking about overcoming hardship but the focus at the end of the speech is on

01:13

ways to guarantee economic equality Obama discusses ways that income

01:19

equality can be achieved D but while these general suggestions are part of [Obama tipping the scale back]

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his solution to economic inequality so he kind of wants everyone to have about

01:29

the same hmm same opportunity I don't know I'm looking around and crowds and [time lapse of crowd]

01:34

football audience and not everyone equally talented yeah make us here rich

01:39

from up on the front line there and the disaster [footballer running]

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