"I Have a Dream" Figurative Language Review

Question 1

This is an example of:

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parallel structure

Question 2

This quotation has an example of the following two literary devices:

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personification, allusion

Question 3

"...whose lips are presently dripping..." is an example of

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assonance, imagery

Question 4

This quotation is an example of:

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metaphor

Question 5

What kind of figurative language is "manacles of segregation" and "chains of discrimination"?

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personification

Question 6

The fact that the speech was given at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial is an example of:

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symbolism

Question 7

"...We must forever conduct our struggle..." is an example of

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assonance

Question 8

What type of figurative language is "jangling discord"?

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onomatopoeia

Question 9

What is the extended metaphor in this speech?

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banking

Question 10

“Business as usual” is an example of:

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Idiom

Question 11

"the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of prosperity"

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imagery and metaphor

Question 12

"... one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low,"

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Biblical allusion

Question 13

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, " is an example of:

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personification

Question 14

Who is "cashing a check" in the extended metaphor?

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black people

Question 15

“Until justice rolls down like waters & righteousness like a mighty stream” is an example of

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simile

Question 16

This is an example of:

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allusion

Question 17

What kind of figurative language is "great beacon light of hope"?

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metaphor

Question 18

Which phrase does MLK repeat more than ten times toward the end of the speech?

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Let freedom ring

Question 19

“When will you be satisfied?” is an example of:

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rhetorical question

Question 20

...in whose symbolic shadow we now stand..."

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Alliteration

Question 21

“...slaves who have been seared in the flames of withering injustice” is the best example of:

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metaphor

Question 22

“America has given the Negro people a bad check" is these two types of literary devices:

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metaphor, personification

Question 23

"...this is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off.." is an example of

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idiom

Question 24

“Blow off steam” is an example of which of the following?

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idiom

Question 25

This is an example of:

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allusion

Question 26

“Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina . . . " is an example of

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parallel structure

"I Have a Dream" Figurative Language Review

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"I Have a Dream" Figurative Language Review

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