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Excerpt from I Have A Dream

Martin Luther King, Jr.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
Which figurative device do manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination demonstrate?
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) metonymy
D) oxymoron

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Answer: the correct answer is B. Metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

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The answer:
- B.) Metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:
- it’s comparing segregation and Negro’s to what the future holds.
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