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all right Shmoopers were still on Obama's inaugural speech from 2013 we've skimmed

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it and skimmed it but let's start with a question here and then maybe we'll go [public speakers]

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back the main rhetorical effect of repeating together point 33 in there to [text on screen]

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do what interesting stuff to think about so let's go up to 33 and 30 and 30 there

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we go terminals in highway through speed rail

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in commerce schools and colleges bring our workers together we discovered that

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every marginal Drive when there are rules under conditions or together we

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resolve the gradation okay well let's see sees the right answer convince

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listeners of their shared priorities as Americans right we're all sharing the [Obama during a speech]

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bus together well after each mention of together Obama brings up a subject that [Obama at a bus stop]

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has been contentious in current American politics he also suggests that Americans

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have already collectively decided how to approach it when he says that a modern

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economy requires railroads and highways then he says a free market only thrives [text on screen]

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when there are rules and then he also says a great nation must care for the

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vulnerable yeah these issues aren't up for debate anymore they just are they

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are what they are when he says together well Obama is referring to the entire

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nation not just those who elected him a in fact a large part of the electorate [White House time lapse]

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would disagree with what he's saying they voted for the red-state person well [red states in the US]

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this part of the passage directly follows his discussion of slavery's end [text on screen]

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but he mentioned several subjects that are more contemporary yeah that's in B

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and a heroic feeling that Obama's evoking is meant to make listeners feel [kid wearing superhero costume]

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proud of their own contribution it's called axes not of previous generations

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contributions so there you have it it's see what our priorities is America again

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