I Have a Dream Speech Lesson

Which metaphor illustrates the broken promises to “her citizens of color”

• a check has come back marked "insufficient funds"
• a dark well with a bottomless bucket tied to a frayed rope
• crossroads in a dark forest
•  recurrent nightmare

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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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. 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."  The predominant rhetorical device used her is...

• simile
• alliteration
• anaphora
• extended metaphor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"...and we will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'"  What rhetorical device is stated here?

• metaphor
• simile
• allusion
• parallelism

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty"  is an effective metaphor because

• it makes people think of being on an island
• it emphasizes the black Americans are isolated and have not been made available to to opportunities for prosperity
• it shows how poverty can cause problems
• it shows how America has included all people in its prosperity

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The main focus of Dr. King’s speech is

• . getting more money for America’s black population
• . convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
• celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
• . ending segregation and racial injustice in America

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence  because they

• faced poverty and discrimination.
• issued promissory notes to United States banks.
• believed in equality of rights for all
• eliminated slavery.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

King uses an extended metaphor of a bad check to

• show that the Department of Treasury is bankrupt
• describe how the Emancipation Proclamation was a great success
• to explain how the U. S. Government has failed in its obligation to its African American citizens
• describe how the bank of justice has followed through on its promise

The overall tone of King's speech is

• angry
• depressing
• inspiring and hopeful
• argumentative

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

King says his dream 

• occured while napping on a New Hampshire hilltop
• included Abraham Lincoln and the Governor of Alabama
• is rooted in the American Dream
• became a nightmare of nullification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Read the selection below from the introduction [paragraphs 1-5].
Now, it is 100 years later. The black people still are not free. One hundred years later, we are still crippled by handcuffs of segregation and the chains of racism.
What is meant by the term "crippled" as it is used in this paragraph?

• upset
• restricted
• arrested
• ruined

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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