Literary Devices
Repeating the same sound, word, or phrase
What is Repetition?
A short story that is a personal experience is presented as evidence.
What is Anecdote?
Use context Clues to define "affluent": "I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago."
Antonyms - Affluent is the opposite of impoverished - affluent = rich.
What is rich?
Literary Device used when Lincoln says "we" nine times in the speech
What is Repetition?
The only kind of evidence not used in King's speech:
What are statistics?
Creating sentences that are similar in structure.
What is Parallelism?
The type of appeal that is most likely to rely on Testimony.
What is Ethos?
The kind of evidence used here "It is my equivalent to the cowbell that hikers wear when they know they are in bear country."
What is Analogy?
Literary Device in the lines, "...and that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish fom this earth."
What is Parallelism?
Intended audience for the speech:
Changes throughout - American Government, Nation of Islam, White allies
An indirect reference to another artistic work or historical event
Allusion
The type of evidence that is most likely to support a Pathos Appeal.
What are Anecdote or Analogy?
The main type of Evidence and the kind of Appeal made in "Black Man In Public Spaces"
What are Anecdote and Pathos?
Literary device in the lines "Four score and seven years ago..."
What is Allusion?
Purpose of the Speech:
What is to Pressure American Federal government for Equality and Jobs?
Multiple comparisons of an unknown thing to a known thing for the purpose of description over several sentences
What is an Extended Metaphor?
The type of appeal that is most likely to rely on Statistics.
What is Logos?
The intended Audience of "Black Man In Public Spaces":
Who are educated White people?
The intended audience fo the speech:
Who is the American people/nation?
Type of evidence used when King refers to Declaration of independence as a "promissory note", a "bad check", "returned marked 'insufficient funds.'"
What is an Analogy/Extended Metaphor?
Referring to something two or more times with additional description every time
What is Amplification?
Kind of evidence used to create metaphors/similes.
What is Analogy?
The claim or central message of "Black Man in Public Spaces":
Black men are viewed as essentially dangerous in American society - a cultural definition that puts Black men in danger.
Central claim of the speech:
The living must dedicate themselves to winning the Civil war so we can make America into the country it should have always been (a nation of equals)
Musical device King employs as the undertakes the "I have a dream/let freedom ring..." parallelism of the final sections of his speech.
What is a crescendo?