is an example of …

and creates a
(Which type of ____________
figurative language tone
such as metaphor, and a
simile, personification, _________
The line … from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” symbol, or allusion?) that means… mood.

Example:   The movement grows because Factual tone

of the people’s frustration
This movement is nourished by the contemporary frustration Personification with racial discrimination. Urgent mood
over the continued existence of racial discrimination.

1. …and see the tears welling up in her little eyes when she
is told that Fun town is closed to colored children, and Allusion  That means that she began to Sympathetic
see the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in see that because of her skin Tone
her little mental sky… color she cannot do certain
things. Sad Mood
 

2. There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs

over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged Metaphor  That means that the people Anxious tone
into an abyss of injustice where they experience are done with the racial
the bleakness of corroding despair. injustice and are going to Urgent mood
fight back.
 

3. To a degree academic freedom is a reality today

because Socrates practiced civil disobedience.   Allusion  Socrates disobeyed laws that Serious tone
were not fair, which made it
  so students today can think Thought-
freely (and possibly provoking
differently than their mood
teachers).

4. Like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is  Simile The “boil” is the truth, but it Insensitive
covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing all must be told at once not Tone
ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, over time.
injustice must likewise be exposed, with all of the Factual Mood
tension its exposing creates, to the light of human
conscience and the air of national opinion before it can
be cured.

5. In those days the Church was not merely a Metaphor The church did not just Insightful Tone
thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of reflect what was happening in
popular opinion; it was a thermostat that society; it had the ability to Cheerful Mood
transformed the mores of society. change what was happening
 is an example of …
and creates a
(Which type of ____________
figurative language tone
such as metaphor, and a
simile, personification, _________
The line … from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” symbol, or allusion?) that means… mood.

in society.
6. Let us all hope the dark clouds of racial prejudice will Metaphor This means that the
soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding misunderstanding of racial Optimistic tone
will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities… barriers will soon be gone.
Hopeful mood
7. Let us all hope the dark clouds of racial prejudice will Hyperbole The fear of being colored has Solemn Tone
soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding been spread all over the
will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities… community. Melancholy
Mood