"I Have a Dream" and Rhetorical Devices

Which organization helped organize the March on Washington?

(choose only 1 answer)

• NAACP

• CORE

• SCLC

• All of these organizations

What major piece of legislation was passed the year after King’s speech?

• The Fair Housing Act

• The Voting Rights Act

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The 24th Amendment

King’s speech was delivered on the steps of a monument dedicated to which president?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Theodore Roosevelt

King says The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution have defaulted on their promissory note and the US has written them?

• A roadmap

• A bad check

• A sacred document

• A locked door

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

King repeatedly states, “I have a dream.” This is an example of:

• Simile

• Anaphora

• Hyperbole

• Irony

King tells his listeners they should not "wallow in the valley of despair" What feeling is he urging them to avoid?

• Hopelessness from thinking things will never change

• Confidence that the present situation can be overcome without effort

• Satisfaction that others will do the work of change from them

• Resentment toward the society that has oppressed them.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

What does default mean?

• unhappy

• Failure to keep a promise to repay a loan

• A temporary setback

• The last great struggle

King dreams that his children will not be judged by the color of their skin but by..

• the content of their character

• Face the same struggles as he did

• Never have to work

• Live in a completely separate society

"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation" is an example of

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

What does King say will happen when freedom truly rings?

• America will be destroyed

• The world will take notice

• All of God’s children will be able to join hands

• Only African Americans will benefit