"I Have a Dream" test review

What is the main claim in "I Have a Dream" speech

• Only hard work will produce racial equality

• There is no way there will be racial equality in America

• Denying racial equality was only in the past.

• People should accept the slow progress of racial equality

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

What word is the opposite of sweltering?

• hurtful

• Interesting

• unpleasant

• reviving

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Read this sentence from paragraph 6.

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy; now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice; now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood; now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.

What two rhetorical devices are being used in this paragraph?

• Exaggeration

• Irony

• Parallelism

• Repetition

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In paragraph 11 how does Dr. King appeal to his audience?

• sense of morality and hopes for the future

• experiences with racial injustice

• Understanding of hardships

• using sound reasoning

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

Why does Dr. King use an extended metaphor (Paragraph 16-17)?

• It was a decree by the Emancipation of Declaration

• The oppression of of African Americans

• The segregation of American society

• The promises made by the Declaration of Independence

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the reason Dr. King uses an extended metaphor in Paragraph 2?

• To show how many years have passed since the times of segregation

• To show why Abraham Lincoln was a hero

• To point out that the Emancipation of Declaration created new hope

• To point out the positive results of the abolition of slavery

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To who was Dr. King directing his speech to?

• Anyone who supported the Civil Rights Movement

• To those who agreed and disagreed with his ideas

• To the people who disagreed with him

• To those who questioned his ideas

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

How does Dr. King support his claims (paragraphs 11-15) that despite hardships, he ahs a dram of racial equality?

• He lists several examples of ways his dreams will come true.

• He includes quotes from experts describing why dreams are important

• He describes his dream concerning the youths voting.

• He describes the same dream other leaders had

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.8