I Have a Dream and Rhetorical Devices Grade 9 MyPerspectives

"...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.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

At the end of his speech, Dr. King repeatedly calls out, "Let freedom ring." Which is NOT a reason why he did this?

• To emphasize that his speech is about freedom, justice, and equality, not just politics
• To help him to show that freedom needs to come from all areas - not only from the North but also the South
• . To show that African-Americans were asking only for freedom, which was given to other citizens, and not special privileges
• To get the crowd involved by having them sing along

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

"Now is the time" and "We cannot be satisfied" are both examples of

• analogies
• metaphor
• anaphora
• allusion

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CCSS.L.8.5A

The overall tone of King's speech is

• angry
• depressing
• inspiring and hopeful
• argumentative

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2. King makes a comparison between a promissory note and the

• Gettysburg Address
• impending debt crisis
• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.3

Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the image of “the valley” to represent 

• justice
• bad times
• the future
• peace

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which analogy 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.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which repeated phrase is included in Dr. King’s speech and is an allusion?

• I have a dream
• Now is the time
• Let freedom ring
• One hundred years later.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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)

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.9A