"I Have a Dream" speech
Vocabulary
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100
The thing Dr. King urges his followers not to do.
What is to take up violence?
100
To be forever tied
What is inextricably?
100
The age Dr. King graduate high school
What is 15 years old?
100
The rhetorical device that is being used in this passage "Go back to Mississippi. Go back to Alabama. Go back to South Carolina."
What is repetition?
100

Dr. King refers to "the shadow of this great American."

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

Figurative language used in this quote: "justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."

What is a simile?

200
Great or far-reaching importance
What is momentous?
200

The occupation of Dr. King.

What is a minister?

200
The logic of the speaker's reason
What is logos?
200
The separation of people by race.
What is segregation?
300
The promissory note that the country has made to all of its citizens.
What is the guarantee of unalienable rights?
300

A word for wonderful or marvelous

What is prodigious?

300
This is what happened on December 10, 1964
What is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize?
300
Appealing to the audience's sympathies.
What is ethos?
300

The Supreme Court decision that declared segregation in schools unconstitutional.

What is Brown vs. The Board of Education?

400
"Now is the time" for the civil rights movement.
What is people have been waiting for over 100 years for racial justice?
400

The act of creating a barrier.

What is interposition?

400
The man who assassinated Dr. King
What is James Early Ray
400
Trustworthiness of the writer or speaker.
What is pathos?
400
Refusal of a group to associate or trade with another group.
What is boycott?
500
The overall effect of the repetition of "let freedom ring."
What is to help create a vision of freedom for the entire nation?
500
To render ineffective or useless.
What is nullification?
500

The name of the candidate for president that helped Dr. King's release from jail after a sit-in?

What is John F. Kennedy?

500
The Key to giving a great speech.
What is passion?
500

Dr. King was assassinated by this person.

Who is James Earl Ray?

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