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Directions: Read and annotate Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream Speech.
Using the lines provided on the left, identify the strategy (use the bank below) and
interpret the meaning.
Strategy Bank: Figurative language
Repetition
Pathos
I have a Dream
Strategy
Interpret the Meaning
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(Your Translation)
Figurative
Let
us not be discouraged by our
Let us not wallow in the
language
negative situation
valley of despair, I say to

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you today, my friends.

(Metaphor)

Comparing negative situation to a

valley of despair

I have a dream..

REPETITION

He constantly repeats this line because

he wants people know his vision/goal
for the future of all people

State sweltering with

the heat of injustice,
sweltering with the heat
of oppression, will be
transformed into an oasis
of freedom and justice.

This means that.

I learned that.
This shows that.
The meaning of this is..

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.
that one day every
valley shall be exalted,
and every hill and
mountain shall be made
low, the rough places will
be made plain, and the

crooked places will be

made straight
let freedom ring

Quest for freedom left

you battered by the
storms of persecution
and staggered by the
winds of police
brutality.
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