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"I Have a Dream" --Martin Luther King, Jr. When was this speech given? |
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"I Have a Dream" --Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" was given on August 28, 1963. |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Where did the speech take place? Why is the setting significant?
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - The Lincoln Memorial
- Dr. King is referencing an American patriarch, President Abraham Lincoln, and recalling the laws already in place in this nation.
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What is parallelism?
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parallelism: repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Why does Dr. King begin his speech by saying: "Five score years ago"? To which other speech is he alluding? (allusion: an implied or indirect reference especially in literature.) |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King is drawing a parallel between his speech and "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln, which begins: "Five score and seven years ago..." |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - How much is a "score" worth?
- In "The Gettysburg Address," how long has it been since the creation of the U.S. Constitution? (Four score and seven years ago)
- In "I Have a Dream," how long has it been since the Emancipation Proclamation? (five score years ago)
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - A score is worth twenty (Old English)
- At the time of "The Gettysburg Address," it's been eighty seven years since the creation of the constitution.
- At the time of "I Have a Dream," a hundred years have passed since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. How many times does Dr. King repeat the words, "one hundred years later" in the second paragraph of his speech? |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King repeats the phrase "One hundred years later," at the start of four out of five sentences comprising his second paragraph. (four times) |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What is repetition? |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. repetition: the act or an instance of repeating, usually for dramatic effect. |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Both speeches reference the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, what do these two documents promise the American people? (an example of parallelism) |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - all men are created equal
- the rights to life, libert, and the pursuit of happiness
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - How many times between paragraphs 4-5, does Dr. King liken human rights to a check, or promissory note?
- What is an extended metaphor?
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Dr. King likens human rights to a check/ promissory note five times between paragraphs 4-5.
- extended metaphor: an extended comparison betwen two unlike things. (For example: Human Rights and a check, or the government and a bank.)
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What three rhetorical devices does Dr. King utilize to persuade his audience that his dream is the right one for the country? |
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"I Have a Dream" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Parallelism: Likening his speech to "The Gettysburg Address" --"Four score v. Five score"
- Repetition: Repeating the phrase "one hundred years later," to demonstrate the urgency of the civil rights movement.
- Extended Metaphor: Likening human rights to an inheritance given to every American citizen.
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