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Identifying Rhetorical Techniques
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For each line from the speech, identify the rhetorical technique that King is using.
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“I have a dream”:
✔ repetition
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“the table of brotherhood”:
✔ metaphor
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“sweltering with the heat of oppression”:
✔ connotation
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Evidence:
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that 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. I have a dream today.