Background
On what exact date was the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered?
August 28, 1963?
MLK states that America signed a "promissory note" guaranteeing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but gave Black Americans what kind of check instead?
a "bad check" (or a check marked "insufficient funds")
MLK famously dreamed that his four children would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by what?
"the content of their character"
MLK emphasizes that his followers must conduct their struggle using what key philosophy instead of physical violence?
dignity and discipline
What rhetorical device involves repeating the same word or phrase for emphasis, as seen in "I have a dream"?
repetition
On the steps of which famous monument in Washington, D.C., did MLK deliver his speech?
the Lincoln Memorial
MLK compares the isolation of Black citizens in poverty to a "lonely island" surrounded by what vast ocean?
"ocean of material prosperity"
Which old Negro spiritual does MLK quote at the very end of his speech?
"Free at last"
MLK dreams that one day the nation will rise up to the true meaning of a founding father's creed, which is:
"all men are created equal"
Comparing America's unfulfilled promises to a "bad check" over several sentences is an example of what literary device?
extended metaphor?
How many people gathered in Washington, D.C., to listen to the speech?
more than 250,000 people
What phrase does MLK use to describe the place from which the nation must rise to reach the sunlit path of racial justice?
"dark and desolate valley of segregation"
"Emancipation Proclamation"
MLK reminds his listeners that the struggle for civil rights must not lead to distrust of which group, because their destinies are bound together?
white people
Which critical vocabulary word from the text means "to fail to keep a promise or repay a debt," as America did with the promissory note?
default
Before becoming a prominent civil rights leader, in what specific religious role did MLK hone his rhetorical skills in Alabama?
a pastor at a Baptist Church
In contrasting nonviolent struggle with violence, MLK urges his followers to meet physical force with what?
"soul force"
MLK quotes the Old Testament, declaring they will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like" what?
"mighty stream"
MLK encourages activists who have suffered persecution and jail cells to continue working with faith that unearned suffering is what?
redemptive
Defined in the vocabulary list, which word means "impossible to disentangle or separate," as used to describe freedom and white/Black destiny?
inextricably
MLK's leadership and nonviolent philosophy directly helped bring about the passage of which major law?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
MLK expresses faith that his followers will be able to hew a "stone of hope" out of what?
"mountain of despair"
When calling for freedom to ring across America, MLK mentions geography in which southern state?
"Stone Mountain in Georgia"
MLK warns against taking the "tranquilizing drug" of what concept, stressing the "fierce urgency of now"?
gradualism
"Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee; let freedom ring from every hill..." uses similar grammatical structures to create rhythm, which is known as what?
parallelism?