"I Have a Dream" Review

Charged langauge is when specific words and phrases are used to get an ___________ response.

• negative

• emotional

• positive

• rhetorical

This term is for when two ideas or objects are placed next to each other to highlight the differences between them.

• Comparison

• Contrast

• Juxtaposition

• Analogy

What best describes the difference between paralellism and repetition?

• Parallelism adds new ideas with each time something is repeated.

• Parallelism means that two lines will never touch, whereas repeated lines can be all over the place.

• Repetition is a rhetorical device, while parallelism is not.

• Parallelism wasn't made fun of as a child, while repetition is the red-headed black sheep of the family.

  (Please don't pick this...)

A good visual example of juxtaposition would be...

• An owl and a falcon.

• An orange and a lemon.

• An oasis and a desert.

• An ostrich and an emu.

Dr. King uses charged language to evoke what emotions out of the audience in his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Hope

• Anger

• Perseverence

• Calm

Word Association: Pick the one word that best matches with Ethos.

• Time

• Joy

• Endorsement

• Rage

Word Association: Pick the one word that best matches with Pathos.

• Logic

• Emotions

• Time

• Apathy

Word Association: Pick the one word that best matches with Logos.

• Picard

• Riker

• Crusher

• Data

Dr. King uses juxtaposition in his speech to highlight what goal that he hopes to accomplish?

• Equal banking practices for the underserved.

• Fair voting rights for all Americans.

• Arguing for open seating on the busses.

• Correcting the injustices black people face.

When Dr. King mentions the line "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,"  he is making a reference to the Declaration of Independence. This type of literary device is called...

• allusion
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile