Rhetorical Devices in "I Have a Dream"

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9th Grade

8 Qs

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Rhetorical Devices in "I Have a Dream"

Rhetorical Devices in "I Have a Dream"

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.11-12.5, RL.2.4, L.7.5A

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Benjamin York

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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