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    The document discusses rhetorical devices used in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech including alliteration, allusion, simile, and metaphor. It lists examples of these devices from the speech such as "Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York" and compares justice and righteousness to waters and a mighty stream. The document also notes key themes from the speech like segregation, slavery, and discrimination.

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    The document discusses rhetorical devices used in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech including alliteration, allusion, simile, and metaphor. It lists examples of these devices from the speech such as "Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York" and compares justice and righteousness to waters and a mighty stream. The document also notes key themes from the speech like segregation, slavery, and discrimination.

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    MLK I Have A Dream Speech Questions

    Rhetorical Structure:

    #1. Alliteration: The repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words and/or
    phrases.

    Allusion: A figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work,
    myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication.

    Simile: A figure of speech that indirectly compares two different things by employing the words "like",
    "as", or "than".

    Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not
    literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.

    #4. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

    #5. Beacon of light hope.

    #6. We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

    #8. –With this faith… -Let freedom ring (from)…

    Understanding the Dream:

    #2. Segregation, Slavery, Discrimination.

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