Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. Why does King repeat the phrase "we can never be satisfied”? Choose three correct answers.
Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice : In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. Which statement best describes King’s "palace” metaphor?
Which words does Martin Luther King, Jr. include in his "I Have a Dream” speech to highlight the limitations of segregation? Choose three correct answers.
Which phrase from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech contains the strongest emotional connotations?
Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. King’s use of repetition in the excerpt stresses his
Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. 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. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." King uses the "check” and "promissory note” metaphors to
Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. King uses repetition to emphasize the need to
Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. How does the repeated phrase support King’s message?
Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society. Which are examples of metaphors in this excerpt of King’s speech? Choose three correct answers.
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