I Have A Dream
In what year was MLK's I Have A Dream Speech delivered?
1963
Why is MLK in Birmingham, Alabama when he gives his speech?
he was invited there as part of his organization to protest against injustice
A persuasive technique where an author appeals to a reader's emotions is called ....
Pathos
Raising children is very much like tending a garden. Both require your consistent attention.
The sentence above is an example of:
A: Charged language
B. Parallelism
C. Analogy
C. Analogy
When MLK says "There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, 'when will you be satisfied'?.
What type of rhetorical device is being used?
A rhetorical question
Why did MLK write "Letter From Birmingham Jail" (what was it in response to?)
he wrote it after reading a newspaper article where white clergyman criticized him
A commercial urging you to buy a tv before they are sold out would be an example of which type of rhetorical appeal?
kairos
Does the following sentence contain an analogy?
"The poodle's coat was a curly, black mass of fur"
NO
When MLK talks about coming to the capital to "cash a check", what does the check represent?
it represents freedom from the black community, or equal rights
Why does MLK schedule the direct action program during the Easter holiday?
this would have the biggest economic impact/impact the white merchants the most
when an author persuades the audience using a sense of right & wrong and a sense of morality, which type of appeal are they most likely using?
ethos
What type of rhetorical device is being used in the following sentence - "We seek an open world -- open to ideas, open to the exchange of goods"
repetition
Other than "I Have A Dream" What is a phrase that is repeated in MLK's speech?
"Let freedom ring"
Part 1: What rhetorical device is being used when MLK writes "are you able to accept blows without retaliating?", Are you able to endure the ordeal of jail"?
Part 2: What is the purpose of this?
Part 1: Rhetorical question
Part 2: answers varyWhat imagery is created by the phrase "a dream deeply rooted in the American dream"
answers vary
Write a sentence that uses charged language
- multiple answers
Find an example of antithesis in MLK's I Have A Dream Speech
multiple answers
Part 1: In paragraph 3, MLK makes several biblical references - what type of rhetorical device is he using
Part 2: What is the purpose of these references/what point is he trying to make
Part 1: Allusion
Part 2: he is comparing the importance of spreading the message of freedom to spreading the message of the bible (answers vary)
Find an example of pathos in MLK's Letter from Birmingham
answers vary