Oratorical Good Old Boy - Lingua Franca - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views
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Lisa Stewart on 20 Sep 12"But the "want you to listen; it's important" call gets threaded into almost every paragraph of the speech and amplified as the speech goes on. Clinton adds, among other asides, "Let me ask you something"; "Think about that"; "Let's think about it"; "I am telling you"; "Don't you ever forget"; "Wait, you need to know"; "You all need to listen carefully"; and perhaps the clincher, "You need to tell every voter where you live about this." It's a teacher's approach and more: It's the guy grabbing you by the shirt collar, demanding that you hear him and that you then go out and spread the Word."