Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK Jr. repeats the phrase "I have a dream" in his speech, I Have a Dream. What other phrase does he repeat?

• Freedom for all!

• Black Lives Matter!

• Let freedom ring!

• We deserve more rights!

The tone of King's I Have a Dream Speech is

• Hopeful

• Happy

• Desperate

• Enraged

In “I Have a Dream”, Dr. King referenced many different cultures and religions. Why do you think this is?

Establishing personal credentials to get your audience to trust you is _______.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• None of the above

Inspiring an emotional response to get your audience to feel something is ______.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• None of the above

Arguing based on reason and facts to get your audience to think about something is _______.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• None of the above

Read this quote and determine what Dr. King is appealing to:

"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.”

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• None of the above

Read this quote and determine what Dr. King is appealing to:

“Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree is a great beacon light of hope it millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But 100 years later the Negro still is not free.”

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• None of the above

Read this quote and determine what Dr. King is appealing to:

“The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.”

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• None of the above

The author tries to get the audience to do something or to believe what the author is saying:

• Inform

• Persuade

• Entertain

• None of the above