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"The American Dream" by MLK
MLK and persuasion
MLK Tribute and Achieving the American Dream
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A contradictory statement, like "jumbo shrimp"
What is paradox
100
According to King, this historic document reveals the American Dream.
What is the constitution/ Declaration of Independence
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MLK uses this technique when he references the Declaration of Independence
What is supporting points with facts, statistics, and quotations
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Alice Walker, author of the tribute to MLK, had ancestors that were
What are slaves
100
The person who influences Alice Walker
Who is MLK
200
Astonishingly large
What is colossal
200
This is what the American Dream is to King.
What is everyone has equal rights
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MLK uses this technique when he references the Swedish sociologist
What is supporting points with facts, statistics, and quotations
200
The author of "Dream Deferred"
Who is Langston Hughes
300
Deeply involved in
What is immersed
300
According to King, for America to be a "first class nation," we must remove this
What is second class citizens
300
MLK uses this technique with the ideas of democracy and brotherhood
What is repeating key ideas
300
The reasons Alice Walker gives for African Americans staying in the south
What is stubbornness or "not do[ing] any better"
300
If you are ________ in something, you are deeply involved in it.
What is immersed
400
Completely without; lacking
What is devoid
400
This is the purpose of "The American Dream" by MLK
What is to persuade Americans to work towards equality
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MLK uses this technique when he explains that America has practiced the opposite of equality, and we must now come together
What is stress and solve
400
The American Dream Alice Walker described
What is owning land
400
The definition of a dream deferred
What is a dream that is postponed
500
recognition or inner sense of right and wrong
What is conscience
500
The type of writing of MLK's "American Dream"
What is a persuasive speech
500
MLK uses this technique when he references Bob Hope
What is supporting points with facts, quotes, and statistics
500
The struggles the immigrants faced when they arrived in America
What is having no money, unable to speak English, and no education
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The literary device being used in this quote: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun?"
What is simile
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