Rhetorical Devices in "I Have a Dream"

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English
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9th Grade
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Benjamin York
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination."
An allusion
Figurative language
Anaphora
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation"
An allusion
Anaphora
Figurative Language
Personal Experience
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time...
An allusion
Anaphora
Figurative Langugae
Personal Experience
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."
An allusion
Anaphora
Figurative Language
Personal Experience
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities."
An allusion
Anaphora
Figurative Language
Personal Experience
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"
An allusion
Anaphora
Figurative Language
Personal Experience
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice."
An allusion
Anaphora
Figurative Language
Personal Experience
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied..."
An allusion
Anaphora
Figurative Language
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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