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WorksheetsFigurative Language Quizziz 1/17/24
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
"The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges."
Select which form of figurative language is being used below!
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It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned
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...and those who hope that the Negro needed to blow of steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual
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We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies heavy with the fatigue of travel cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and hotels of the cities.
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With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together to go to jail together to stand up for freedom together
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Let Freedom Ring...Let Freedom Ring
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In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check
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This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning, "my country 'tis of these sweet land of liberty of thee I sing." (Hint the underlined is a patriotic song verse not written in the speech.)
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Match the following
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check
Alliteration
And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual
Idiom
This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice
Metaphor
quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality
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This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
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the glory of the lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
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Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today...
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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
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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the meaning of its creed
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