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As you read the passage below, conslder how Barack Obams uses
. evidence, such as tacis or examples, support ciaims.
. reasoning to develop ideas a*d to ccnnect claims and evidence'
e stylistiC or persuasive elemants, such as word choice or appeals
i0 emotion,
ts add power to the ideas expressed.
President Barack Obanra,"Address at the &tiroEhirma Feace
Memorialj'The speech n*rns delivered on ffiay 27, 3S'16
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Seventy-oae yesrs ago, on a bright, cloadless rnorning, dea& fell from the sky and the
rsorld was changed. A flash of light and a wallo{fire destroyed a city and demonstrated
that maakind possessed the means to destroy itself'
Why do rtle come to this pl*ce, to Hiroshima? We cor*e to ponder a terrible f,orce
unleashed in a not so distant past. l{Ie corrre to mourn the dead, including over 1O8,000
in ]apanese men, women and children; thousands of Koreans; a dozen Americans held
prisoner-. Their souls speak to us. ?hey ask us to look inward, to take stock
olwho li/e are
ar:d what we might becorne.
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The W*rld War that reached its brutal end in Fiiroshima and Nagasaki was fought amoftg
the wealthiest and rnost power&rl of nations. And yet, the yrar grelr out of thg same base
instinct for domination or coaquest that had caused conflicts among the sirnplest tribes;
an oid pattern arnplifled by new capabilities aild without new ccnstraints. Ia the span of
a few years, sorse 60
millior: people would die -- men, womer, children no diferent than
us, shat beaten, marched. bcmbed, jailed, starved gassed to dsath.
4 Scieace allows us
tc cornmuaicate across the
seas
and fly above the cload$ to cure
disease and understatd the cosrnos. But those same discoveries can be turned into ever-
more effcient killiag macl:ines.
5 The wars of tbe moderr: age teach this truth. Hiroshi*ta teaches this
rr*th. Techr:ologic*l
progress without an equiiraient progress in human institatiols can doom ss. The scientific
revoiution that led to the splitting of an ators requires a aroral revol*tion,
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That is wliy lre come to this place. We stand here, in &e middle of this city, arrd force
or:rselves to imagine the m*rnent the bomb full. We f,crce ourselves to feel the dread
of cbildren confused by what they see. We listen to a silent cry. We remernber all the
imocents kiiled acrcss the arc of that terrible war, and the wars that came before, and
the wars that would fallow-
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And since that fateful day, we have made chcices that give us hope. The Unitsd States
more,ror
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and iapan forged not only an alllaace, but a friendship that has won tfsmtf;l,f*:
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replaced battlefields with bonds of comme:ce and democracl Oppressed peoples
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nations won liberation. An interirational com.mllniry established insiitutions alrd treaties
that worked to avoid war arrd aspire to restrict and ro11 back, and ultimately eliminate
the existence of nucleal weapons.
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s Only persistent effiort can roli back the possibility of catastrcphe. We can chart a collrse
that leads to the destruction of these stockpiles. We can stop the spread to ::ew nations,
and secure deadly materials frora fanatics.
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And yet that is not enough. We rnust ch*nge oar miadset about war itself *- ts prevent
conllict through diplomacy, and strive to end co*flicts after they've begun; to see
aur growi*g interdependenc€ as a cause for peaceful cooperation and nat violent
competitioa; to define our nalions not by
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capaciry to destroy, but by what we bulld'
And perhaps above all, we nlust reinagi*e our connection to one another as n:embers
of one htrman race. For this, too, is what makes our species unique. Wdre not bo*nd
lvYe can choose. We carr
by genetic code to repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn.
teil our children a differe::t story -- one tlat clescribes a corn:::Gn humanity; one that
makes w*r less likely and cruelty less easily accepterl.
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That is wlry we come to Hiroshirna. When lhe choices made by:rations, when the cholces
made byleaders reflect rhis simple wisdom, thea the llsson of Hircshiqa is dcre.
The world rvas forevel changed here. But today, the children of this city will go
throrrgh their day in peace. lArhat a precious thi:rg that is. It is worth protecting, and
then extending io every child. That is the fut*re we can choase -- a future in which
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are known not as the clawn of atomic warfare, but as the start
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lVrite a* essay in which you explain how Sarack Obama builds an argument
to persuade his audience ihai human races shculd learn frcm Hiroshima and
move on to peace. ln your essay, analyze how Obama uses one or more of the
features listed i* the box above {or features of yoi;r ow* choice} to strengthen
the logic anc* persuasiveness of his argumenl. Be sure that your analysis
focuses on the most relevani features of the passage.
Your essay should not explain whether you asree with obama claims, but
rather explain how Ohama builds an argilment to persuade his audience
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