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What does King hope to evoke in his audience by mentioning various historical documents (the Emancipation Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution)? |
King hopes to evoke the fact that all these documents were meant to keep everyone in the country free and give everyone an opportunity in life, yet the blacks had no rights and weren’t considered equal as the rest.
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King makes it a point to address issues that are of particular interest to white listeners and readers. What might have been his reasons for doing this?
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He addressed issues that are of interest to white listeners and readers because that can persuade them to be on his side and try to have them see his point of view. He wants them to understand what he is dealing with so he adds some of their issues that are similar to his.
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Why might King have decided to quote all of the first seven lines of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”? Why did he stop at “Of thee I sing”?
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King was wanting to persuade the audience and tell them that he wants the country to be free but with more than just the white men, he wants equality for all men. He wanted to remind people about what the whole purpose for freedom was and that Negro men should be included in that freedom.
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What effect does King create when he makes references to specific places, events, and public figures?
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King makes the effect that all the places, events, and public figures he has referred to are important to what he is trying to get across to the people he is trying to persuade.
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King makes references to the Bible and to the faith that has sustained him throughout his struggle for civil rights. What effect is created with such references?
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It can help persuade white people who believe in God to be on his side. It can affect the way the white people look at him, make them see him as one of them. They can understand that he has had faith in God just as they do.
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King’s speech is especially moving because he succeeds in creating emphasis through parallelism. Find a few examples of this technique citing from the text.
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“It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity” (King 1.)“But 100 years later the Negro still is not free” (King 1)
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What does king mean when he says, “America has given the Negro people a bad check” (Paragraph 4)? Identify other metaphors that he uses and explain why they are effective.
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He means that people have said that Negroes have rights, but no one backs them up. “But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt” (King 2). He means that even though people say Negroes don't have room for rights or they don't deserve rights, they do. He refuses to believe that there are not rights for them.
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Why does King use the term marvelous to describe the “new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community” (Paragraph 6)?
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He means that he they are going to be amazingly aggressive in trying to earn the rights for the Negro people
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How would you describe King’s tone? Controlled? Angry? Impassioned?
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I would say King’s tone is impassioned because he’s very passionate about all men being free, he wants equality because he knows it’s the right thing to do. If he didn’t stand up for himself and his family and friends, then things might be different. I think King’s passion for his cause influenced others to want to join him, and not just the Negro men and women but the White men and women also. The passion that King gave to the people made everyone understand that what he wants for America, is the path that they all need to take.
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