I Have a Dream - quick check

In Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech, his uses of the phrases “I have a dream” and “Let freedom ring” are examples of

• anaphora

• parallelism

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The TONE of the speech is

• celebratory

• hopeful

• despondent

• frustrated

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

By writing that “the crooked places shall be made straight,” King hopes that

•     racial injustices will be corrected

      

• the landscape will be made even

• citizens will conform to new laws regarding civil rights

• the land will change

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The “jangling discords of our nation” refers to this country’s

• off key music

• disagreements on how to gain civil rights

• racial unrest

• strange sounds

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

King dreams of freedom in the future for 

• All African Americans

• All minorities

• The sons of former slave owners

• All citizens of the United States

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3