Sign up for FREE

MLK I Have a Dream - Figurative Language

Last updated about 2 years ago

21 questions

Note from the author:

Multiple choice questions to identify types of figurative language and poetic devices in MLK's famous speech.

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Question 1

1.

Question 2

2.

Question 3

3.

Question 4

4.

Question 5

5.

Question 6

6.

Question 7

7.

Question 8

8.

Question 9

9.

Question 10

10.

Question 11

11.

Question 12

12.

Question 13

13.

Question 14

14.

Question 15

15.

Question 16

16.

Question 17

17.

Question 18

18.

Question 19

19.

Question 20

20.

Question 21

21.

"Go down in history" is an example of

simile

metaphor

idiom

"Five score years ago" gently suggests "Four score and seven years ago" from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.  When a writer makes a reference to another well known text, we call that

hyperbole

idiom

allusion

"decree came as a great beacon of light" is

simile

hyperbole

personification

"the flames of withering injustice"is

simile

metaphor

idiom

"joyous daybreak" is

allusion

hyperbole

personification

"the long night of their captivity" is

simile

metaphor

personification

Starting multiple sentences in a row with the phrase "one hundred years later" is

Alliteration

Rhyme

Repetition

"We've come to our nation's capital to cash a check" is

simile

metaphor

oxymoron

Referring to America as "her" when describing the events that take place within the country is 

simile

personification

rhyme

What is Dr. King comparing to "insufficient funds?"

Cash payments to citizens

the promise of rights and liberty to all

the bank of justice

"riches of freedom" and "security of justice" are both

metaphors

personification

allusions

In King's analogy, light is related to darkness in the same way that _____ is related to segregation

slavery

funds

racial justice

 The well-known phrase "blow off steam" is

simile

idiom

personification

A cup that represents bitterness and hatred is an example of 

onomatopoeia

symbolism

alliteration

"justice rolls down like waters" is

simile

metaphor

personification

In this metaphor in paragraph 19, heat is a symbol for

justice

injustice

Mississippi

"little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls" is 

personification

allusion

imagery

"a beautiful symphony of brotherhood" is

simile

metaphor

onomatopoeia

Quoting song lyrics in a speech is an example of 

symbolism

allusion

personification

Starting lots of lines with "let freedom ring" is 

simile

oxymoron

repetition

The word ring is

simile

onomatopoeia

personification

D