Excerpt adapted from the speech
I Have a Dream
by Martin Luther King Jr.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up
and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal."
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....
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Which rhetorical device is used most effectively in this portion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech?
OA. Phetorical questions
OB. figurative language
OC. repetition
OD. hyperbole
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