Speech Analysis
What rhetorical device does Martin Luther King Jr. frequently use in his "I Have a Dream" speech?
What is: (possible answers) repetition, metaphor, allusion
What year did the speech occur?
What is 1963
Where does Martin Luther King JR want freedom to ring?
What is (many different mountains and hills)
What was the intended audience for this speech?
What is everyone in the United States
"D" word that is synonymous to "intolerance"
what is discrimination
Martin Luther King Jr. repeats "Now is the time" 4 times in one paragraph. What is this an example of?
What is repetition (or anaphora is acceptable too)
Where did the "I Have a Dream" speech take place?
What is Washington DC and/or Lincoln Memorial
What are the "Inalienable Rights"?
What was passed after this speech, as far as Civil Rights?
What is the Civil Rights Act is passed
"S" word that is synonymous with separation or isolation
what is segregation
“I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.” What rhetorical device is this quote an example of?
Metaphor
Why was the location of the speech relevant?
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves
What is the first line of the main speech? (Not the introduction)
What is "Five score years ago"
What year did the Civil Rights Act get passed?
What is 1964
"O" word that is synonymous with persecution
what is oppression
"Five score years ago" is a(n) ____________ to the beginning of the Gettysburg Address, and is a rhetorical device Martin Luther King Jr. uses in this speech.
what is an allusion
What is the "history of injustice"?
What is slavery and oppression on African Americans
What is the song Martin Luther King Jr. references first?
What is "My country tis of thee"
What was the goal of the speech?
What is freedom and equality
"D" word that is synonymous to grim or bleak
what is desolate
What are the symbols in "I Have a Dream" that represent "something to overcome"?
What are mountains and/or hills
What was the specific protest about when Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?
What is jobs
What is the final allusion Martin Luther King Jr. makes?
Did Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream come true?
What is (yes or no)
"L" word that is synonymous with wither and waste away
what is languish