21.8k views
2 votes
Read the passage from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

"Five score years ago, a great American . . . signed the Emancipation Proclamation."

What effect does Dr. King's allusion have on the speech?

a) The allusion shows Dr. King's importance since, in his speech, he is referring to President Lincoln.



b) The allusion reminds the listener that it has been one hundred years since the Emancipation Proclamation, and inequality still exists.



c) The allusion reminds the audience that slavery is over.



d) The allusion shows that equality was achieved with the Emancipation Proclamation.

User Lev Landau
by
8.8k points

2 Answers

5 votes
c....................................................
User Svetlana Levinsohn
by
9.5k points
3 votes

The answer is actually B. The allusion reminds the listener that is has been one hundred years since the Emancipation Proclamation, and inequality still exists.

User Alfred Zien
by
7.7k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.