"I Have a Dream" Figurative Language & Rhetorical Devices

A word or phrase that compares something directly to something else, in order to create an image or resemblance.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Parallelism

• Charged Language

A form of parallelism that emphasizes opposites

• Parallelism

• Antithesis

• Analogy

• Simile

-Repetition of the same word in a sentence

-Repetition of parts of a sentence

-Repetition of repeating clauses

• Simile

• Analogy

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

“Loaded Language” is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations.

• Personification

• Charged Language

• Analogy

• Simile

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Parallelism

• Simile

A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

Who delivers the speech "I Have a Dream"

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Katherine Johnson

Where is "I Have a Dream" delivered?

• Kennedy Space Center

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Lincoln Memorial

• Museum of Tolerance

The following is an example of..."Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer”

• Parallellism

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Antithesis

The following is an example of, "“I know you are hungry, but don’t even think about going to the golden arches!”

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Analogy