Question

WORTH 20 POINTS!!! PLZ HELP I'M TIMED!!!

Read the excerpt

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

Which techniques are used? Select all that apply.

1. humor
2. repetition
3. connotation
4. metaphor
5. personification

Answer 1

Repetition, connotation, metaphor, personification

Step-by-step explanation:

"Now is the time" is repeated.

The author uses words with negative connotations to describe how horrible segregation is.

"quicksands of racial injustice" is a metaphor.

"promises of democracy" personifies democracy.