"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

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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 type of figurative language is stated here?

• metaphor
• simile
• allusion
• parallelism

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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

 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (104-107).
Based on this statement, how does King feel about the future of America?

• scared
• angry
• hopeful
• sad

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How has America given her citizens of color "a bad check" that has been returned "marked insufficient funds"?

• Citizens of color have been segregated and treated unfairly.
• They are exiled to an island.
• They stand at a cross roads of a a dark forest of despair. 
• They want change to happen now.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges." What type of figurative language is present here?

• metaphor
• allusion
• simile

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3