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Worksheets2.6 Historical Speeches - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Metaphors allow you to associate your speech concepts with concrete images and emotions.
True
False
Repeating key ideas or theme words is not an example of repetition.
True
False
What is being compared in the following metaphor?
"rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice"
a dark and desolate valley and a sunlit path
segregation and racial justice
none of these items are being compared
In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
1968
1963
1964
1957
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered before a crowd of around 250,000 people at the 1963 March on Washington.
True
False
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist who encouraged peaceful protest.
True
False
Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
Memphis, Tennessee
Washington, D.C.
Birmingham, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
In 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights activists founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a group focused and dedicated to equal rights for African Americans.
True
False
When using anaphora, the repeating of words must be at the beginning of each sentence, otherwise it's just repetition.
True
False
The "I have a dream" clause that is repeated at the beginning of eight sentences in Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech is an example of:
Allusion
Alliteration
Anaphora
"That man is such a Scrooge with his money" is an example of:
Anaphora
Alliteration
Allusion
"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of:
Alliteration
Anaphora
Allusion
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series or clause is:
Anaphora
Alliteration
Allusion
when a beginning consonant sound is repeated over and over in a text is:
Alliteration
Anaphora
Allusion
when an author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or person by way of passing reference is:
Anaphora
Allusion
Alliteration
grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering
tribulation
languish
swelter
manacle
not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required
insufficient
manacle
tribulation
swelter
to lose vigor and vitality; to become weak or feeble
insufficient
tribulation
manacle
languish
to suffer from oppressive heat
swelter
languish
insufficient
tribulation
a shackle for the hand; handcuff
manacle
languish
swelter
insufficient
