it shortens the paragraph keeping the main idea of the passage. if you had to use one phrase from the paragraph to summarize the original paragraph it would be "the whole people" because it can summarize "white male citizens" and "male citizens" in one sentence.
I would give an entertaining type of speech to relate the general
plot points and themes of a classic novel I had read
The primary purpose of a speech to entertain is
to have the audience relax, smile and enjoy the occasion. The speech should
have a central theme or a focus
