I Have A Dream

Which metaphor illustrates the broken promises to “her citizens of color”

• a check has come back marked "insufficient funds"
• a dark well with a bottomless bucket tied to a frayed rope
• crossroads in a dark forest
•  recurrent nightmare

By referring to the Emancipation Proclamation and the Bible, King is establishing

• a new church in Washington, D. C. 
• his credibility and ethics (ethos)
• a distraction from the more serious parts of the speech
• a feeling in his listeners (pathos)

What is King's advice for those who have been unjustly imprisoned? 

• to seek revenge using violence for this injustice
• pray that God forgives them
• return home and work for justice
• recruit lawyers and file a lawsuit

Which allusion used to introduce the historical significance of the speech that also adds credibility to his speech? 

• "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
• "a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today"
• "sit down together at the table of brotherhood"
• "the tranquilizing drug of gradualism"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"...and we will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'"  What rhetorical device is stated here?

• metaphor
• simile
• allusion
• parallelism

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When King says "And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom," he means that..

• they cannot removed from the Lincoln Memorial and are stuck there.
• whites present at the demonstration understand that freedom cannot be separated between races.
• Americans cannot get out of freedom
• the demonstrators have had a realization about the meaning of freedom

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty"  is an effective metaphor because

• it makes people think of being on an island
• it emphasizes the black Americans are isolated and have not been made available to to opportunities for prosperity
• it shows how poverty can cause problems
• it shows how America has included all people in its prosperity

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence  because they

• faced poverty and discrimination.
• issued promissory notes to United States banks.
• believed in equality of rights for all
• eliminated slavery.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

King uses the metaphor_______________ to say that it is important that we take action now as it has been too long for change to come. 

• "quicksands of racial injustice"
• "lonely island of poverty"
• "tranquilizing drug of gradualism"
• "palace of justice"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"marvelous new militancy" and "sweltering summer" are both examples of...

• metaphor
• simile
• anaphora
• alliteration