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SAT Reading: Recognizing the Rhetorical Effect of Repetition in President Obama's Speech 12 Views
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Together. We have shared priorities as Americans—caring for the vulnerable, shared public facilities, working together. Are we...together?
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- 00:02
all right Shmoopers were still on Obama's inaugural speech from 2013 we've skimmed
- 00:09
it and skimmed it but let's start with a question here and then maybe we'll go [public speakers]
- 00:12
back the main rhetorical effect of repeating together point 33 in there to [text on screen]
- 00:15
do what interesting stuff to think about so let's go up to 33 and 30 and 30 there
- 00:21
we go terminals in highway through speed rail
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- 00:23
in commerce schools and colleges bring our workers together we discovered that
- 00:25
every marginal Drive when there are rules under conditions or together we
- 00:27
resolve the gradation okay well let's see sees the right answer convince
- 00:31
listeners of their shared priorities as Americans right we're all sharing the [Obama during a speech]
- 00:35
bus together well after each mention of together Obama brings up a subject that [Obama at a bus stop]
- 00:39
has been contentious in current American politics he also suggests that Americans
- 00:44
have already collectively decided how to approach it when he says that a modern
- 00:48
economy requires railroads and highways then he says a free market only thrives [text on screen]
- 00:54
when there are rules and then he also says a great nation must care for the
- 00:59
vulnerable yeah these issues aren't up for debate anymore they just are they
- 01:03
are what they are when he says together well Obama is referring to the entire
- 01:07
nation not just those who elected him a in fact a large part of the electorate [White House time lapse]
- 01:12
would disagree with what he's saying they voted for the red-state person well [red states in the US]
- 01:16
this part of the passage directly follows his discussion of slavery's end [text on screen]
- 01:20
but he mentioned several subjects that are more contemporary yeah that's in B
- 01:24
and a heroic feeling that Obama's evoking is meant to make listeners feel [kid wearing superhero costume]
- 01:28
proud of their own contribution it's called axes not of previous generations
- 01:33
contributions so there you have it it's see what our priorities is America again
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