(22-23) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech: Text Analysis Questions

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Rhetorical Appeals, Devices, Purpose, and Perspective

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Martin Luther King, Jr speech audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

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(22-23) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech: Text Analysis Questions

(22-23) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech: Text Analysis Questions

What rhetorical appeal is being used starting with "Five score years ago..." and ending with "...the Negro is still not free"?

What rhetorical device is being used with "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today..."?

What is the text structure of the paragraph that starts with "But one hundred years later..."?

Explain your answer to #3.

Based on your first reading of the text, what statement best describes King’s purpose in this speech?

Select the quotations that BEST states King's purpose.

Explain the purpose of the "cash a check" extended metaphor, which starts on the previous page, paragraph 4 and continues on this page, in paragraph 5.

What type of rhetorical device is "...from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice"?

How does King's antithesis about light and dark in paragraph 6 advance his purpose? (RI.2.6)

Explain how King’s use of repetition in paragraph 6 advances his purpose. (RI.2.6)

What type of rhetorical device is "This sweltering summer of..."?

What type of rhetorical device is "...business as usual." ?

What is the meaning of the metaphor “the whirlwinds of revolt” in the last sentence of paragraph 7?

What mood does the metaphor “the bright day of justice emerges” create in this speech?

What rhetorical appeal is being used starting with "But there is something..." and ending with "...guilty of wrong deeds"?

What type of rhetorical device is "'When will you be satisfied?'"?

What type of rhetorical device is "...justice rolls down like waters..."

What is the author's purpose in the paragraph that starts with "There are those who are asking the devotees..."?

What type of text structure is the paragraph that starts with "There are those who are asking..."?

Explain your answer to question #19

What rhetorical appeal is being used starting with "And some of you..." and ending with "...winds of police brutality."

How does King’s use of parallelism in paragraph 10 advance his purpose? (RI.2.6)

What type of text structure is the paragraph that starts with "I am not unmindful..."? Explain.

Which statement best explains how King achieves a purpose through a rhetorical appeal?

Which statement best explains the figurative use of the phrase “all flesh” in paragraph 24?

How does the figurative use of the phrase “all flesh” support the purpose and central idea of the speech?

How does King use the parallelism "let freedom ring" to advance his purpose in paragraphs 16-18?

Choose one of the following tones that describe the speech.

Select TWO details from the speech that BEST support the author’s point of view regarding equality in America.

What rhetorical appeal is being used starting with "Five score years ago..." and ending with "...the Negro is still not free"?

What rhetorical device is being used with "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today..."?

What is the text structure of the paragraph that starts with "But one hundred years later..."?

Explain your answer to #3.

Based on your first reading of the text, what statement best describes King’s purpose in this speech?

Select the quotations that BEST states King's purpose.

Explain the purpose of the "cash a check" extended metaphor, which starts on the previous page, paragraph 4 and continues on this page, in paragraph 5.

What type of rhetorical device is "...from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice"?

How does King's antithesis about light and dark in paragraph 6 advance his purpose? (RI.2.6)

Explain how King’s use of repetition in paragraph 6 advances his purpose. (RI.2.6)

What type of rhetorical device is "This sweltering summer of..."?

What type of rhetorical device is "...business as usual." ?

What is the meaning of the metaphor “the whirlwinds of revolt” in the last sentence of paragraph 7?

What mood does the metaphor “the bright day of justice emerges” create in this speech?

What rhetorical appeal is being used starting with "But there is something..." and ending with "...guilty of wrong deeds"?

What type of rhetorical device is "'When will you be satisfied?'"?

What type of rhetorical device is "...justice rolls down like waters..."

What is the author's purpose in the paragraph that starts with "There are those who are asking the devotees..."?

What type of text structure is the paragraph that starts with "There are those who are asking..."?

Explain your answer to question #19

What rhetorical appeal is being used starting with "And some of you..." and ending with "...winds of police brutality."

How does King’s use of parallelism in paragraph 10 advance his purpose? (RI.2.6)

What type of text structure is the paragraph that starts with "I am not unmindful..."? Explain.

Which statement best explains how King achieves a purpose through a rhetorical appeal?

Which statement best explains the figurative use of the phrase “all flesh” in paragraph 24?

How does the figurative use of the phrase “all flesh” support the purpose and central idea of the speech?

How does King use the parallelism "let freedom ring" to advance his purpose in paragraphs 16-18?

Choose one of the following tones that describe the speech.

Select TWO details from the speech that BEST support the author’s point of view regarding equality in America.