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What main problem does Martin Luther King Jr. address in his "I Have a Dream" speech?

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African Americans still do not have the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence

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Identify the literary device used in the quote: "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice."

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Historical Allusion

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What does Martin Luther King Jr. caution his people NOT to do?

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be bitter and hateful

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"we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream"

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Biblical allusion

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"Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice."

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metaphor

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What IS Dr. King's dream?

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equality

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Which of the following is NOT a phrase King repeats? "Let freedom ring", "I have a dream", "Go back to . . .", "Always march ahead"

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"Always march ahead"

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Which of the following is NOT part of King's vision of the future?

• black and white children joining hands
• a symphony of brotherhood
• to work together
• police brutality

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police brutality

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An argument that appeals to an audience's emotions.

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Pathos

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What year was the March on Washington?

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1963