I Have a Dream

Where was the speech given?

• at the White House

• Lincoln Memorial in Washington

• In North Carolina

Other than "I have a dream", what other phrase does he repeat?

• Let there be peace
• Let us all come together
• Let joy abound
• Let freedom ring

The main focus of Dr. King’s speech is

• A. getting more money for America’s black population
• B. convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
• C. celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
• D. ending segregation and racial injustice in America

 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (104-107).
Based on this statement, how does King feel about the future of America?

• scared
• angry
• hopeful
• sad

King says his dream 

• occured while napping on a New Hampshire hilltop
• included Abraham Lincoln and the Governor of Alabama
• is rooted in the American Dream
• became a nightmare of nullification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Q: In paragraph 11 of the speech (beginning "I am not unmindful . . .), Dr. King addresses those in the audience who have been unjustly imprisoned and who have been "battered by . . . police brutality." What advice does Dr. King offer to these people?

• A. Seek revenge for the way you have been mistreated
• B. Succumb to despair
• C. Return home and continue to work for justice
• D. Recruit lawyers and sue your local police departments

"...and we will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'"  What rhetorical device is stated here?

• metaphor
• simile
• allusion
• parallelism

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the image of mountains to symbolize 

• justice.
• obstacles.
• the future.
• peace.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

When King says "And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom," he means that..

• they cannot removed from the Lincoln Memorial and are stuck there.
• whites present at the demonstration understand that freedom cannot be separated between races.
• Americans cannot get out of freedom
• the demonstrators have had a realization about the meaning of freedom

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges." What type of figurative language is present here?

• metaphor
• allusion
• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6