Figurative Language
Visual imagery showing the hope that the Black people felt when the Proclamation was put into effect.
"We have come to our nation's capital to cash a check"
what is a metaphor?
Disrimination
What is, looking down or harshly treating a person or group of persons, for a difference?
The main point of MLK's speech
what is racism?
MLK cites trustworthy sources to show his credibility
What is ethos?
MLK compares African American struggle to financial problems
What is "America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds"?
"Rise from the dark and desolate"
What is alliteration?
Manacles
What are chains or shackles?
The end goal of MLK's movement
What is equality?
MLK introduces himself as a family man making himself seem more relatable
What is pathos
A phrase repeated to show how far this movement should reach
What is Let freedom ring...?
"We have come to our nation's capital to cash a check"
What is a metaphor?
Inalienable
What is something that cannot be taken away?
The year MLK's "I Have a Dream." speech was made.
What is 1963?
"We hold these truths to be self evident".
What is ethos?
A metaphor to show how hard Segregation and Discrimination have been
What is "The Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination"?
repeatedly saying I have a dream
What is repetition?
Tribulations
What is suffering?
The place where the speech was given
What is the capitol?
MLK says black people have been given a bad check that came back with insufficient funds.
What is Logos?
What is, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character"?
"When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir".
What is allusion?
What is something that is obvious?
over 250,000
What is the amount of people that went to see the speech?
MLK says "Let freedom ring" over many places, showing how many people will be affected by this movement
What is pathos?