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"Obama's Speech at Selma, 2015"
by Barack Obama

We know the march is not yet over. We know the race is not yet won. We know that reaching that blessed destination where we are judged, all of us, by the content of our character requires admitting as much, facing up to the truth.



Remarks by President Barack Obama at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches

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Use the passage to answer the question.

Select the correct answers from the lists to identify the rhetorical device used in the passage and describe its purpose.

(2 points)
The passage uses ____________
in order to __________________________________.
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Answers parallelism, ethos, antithesis, help the audience see the connections between ideas, emphasize that the audience is united in its goals, show that the audience can depend on a strong leader, acknowledge the large number of people in the audience

Answer 1

The passage uses **parallelism** in order to **help the audience see the connections between ideas**.