I Have A Dream

King references the Emancipation Proclamation and Constitution

• allusion
• metaphor
• audience
• purpose

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What main problem does MLK address in the "I Have a Dream" speech?

• African Americans still do not have the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence
• African Americans do not have the same religious freedom as other groups
• African Americans have more rights than whites and are discriminating against them
• No one reads the speeches of Abraham Lincoln anymore

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following does MLK caution "his people" NOT to do?

• use non-violence
• don't be satisfied
• go back to home states and keep working for equality
• be bitter and hateful

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following does MLK caution "his people" NOT to do?

• use non-violence
• don't be satisfied
• go back to home states and keep working for equality
• be bitter and hateful

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream"

• Biblical allusion
• U.S. history allusion
• metaphor
• repetition

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice."

• historical allusion
• metaphor
• effect
• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice."

• historical allusion
• metaphor
• effect
• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What IS King's dream?

• equality
• wealth
• injustice
• faith

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is NOT a phrase King repeats?

• "Let freedom ring"
• "I have a dream"
• "Go back to . . ."
• "Always march ahead"

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following is NOT part of King's vision of the future?

• black and white children joining hands
• a symphony of brotherhood
• to work together
• police brutality

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6