Literary Devices in "I Have A Dream" speech

A reference to an event, person, media, or literature outside of the text that is relevant to the topic at hand

• allusion

• direct address

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

This device has the purpose of motivating and inspiring the audience

• direct address

• allusion

• imagery

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

enables the reader to imagine the world of the piece of literature

• imagery

• repetition

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Metaphors and similes fall under what literary category?

• imagery

• allusion

• direct address

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

comparing two unlike things

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• direct address

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Personification is

• giving nonliving things humanlike qualities

• the way the speaker feels about a subject

• comparing two unlike things use like or as

• a reference to something that is well-known

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A word or phrase is echoed to provide clarity and emphasis, highlighting deeper meanings in the text

• repetition

• direct address

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

• repetition

• allusion

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.

• direct address

• imagery

• allusion

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A