Question

The following quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech describes what freedom sounds and looks like. "Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that: Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. [cheering] Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.." This is an example of...

Answer 1

This passage is an example of the use of anaphora, which is a device that lends an artistic effect to a passage through the repetition of a beginning phrase over several lines in succession. In this case, the repeated line "let freedom ring" appeals to the audience's emotion and invokes feelings of inspiration through familiar shared imagery.

Answer 2

This is a example tone.