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2.6 Historical Speeches - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Metaphors allow you to associate your speech concepts with concrete images and emotions.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Repeating key ideas or theme words is not an example of repetition.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

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)

a dark and desolate valley and a sunlit path

b)

segregation and racial justice

c)

none of these items are being compared

4.

In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

a)

1968

b)

1963

c)

1964

d)

1957

5.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist who encouraged peaceful protest.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

a)

Memphis, Tennessee

b)

Washington, D.C.

c)

Birmingham, Alabama

d)

Montgomery, Alabama

8.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When using anaphora, the repeating of words must be at the beginning of each sentence, otherwise it's just repetition.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

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:

a)

Allusion

b)

Alliteration

c)

Anaphora

11.

"That man is such a Scrooge with his money" is an example of:

a)

Anaphora

b)

Alliteration

c)

Allusion

12.

"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Allusion

13.

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series or clause is:

a)

Anaphora

b)

Alliteration

c)

Allusion

14.

when a beginning consonant sound is repeated over and over in a text is:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Allusion

15.

when an author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or person by way of passing reference is:

a)

Anaphora

b)

Allusion

c)

Alliteration

16.

grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering

a)

tribulation

b)

languish

c)

swelter

d)

manacle

17.

not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required

a)

insufficient

b)

manacle

c)

tribulation

d)

swelter

18.

to lose vigor and vitality; to become weak or feeble

a)

insufficient

b)

tribulation

c)

manacle

d)

languish

19.

to suffer from oppressive heat

a)

swelter

b)

languish

c)

insufficient

d)

tribulation

20.

a shackle for the hand; handcuff

a)

manacle

b)

languish

c)

swelter

d)

insufficient