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Purpose: What is the speaker’s purpose in writing this text? How do you believe he wants his audience to respond to the ideas in his piece?
Tone: What attitudes or emotions does the speaker display in the text, and what language conveys those emotions?
Writing Prompt: Based on your current understanding of the passage, summarize the main ideas or claims in Obama’s speech. Be sure to:
• Identify two or more main ideas or claims.
• Provide textual evidence of how he develops these ideas over the course of the
speech.
• Include commentary about how he uses tone, pathos, or counterclaim to reach his
audience.
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