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what kinds of figurative language does king use in his speech to decscribe inequality and the work of the civil rights movement

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Metaphor: King compares injustice and oppression to sweltering heat and freedom and justice to an oasis. Analysis: King repeats the sweltering heat metaphor toward the end of the speech, referring specifically to Mississippi, a state where some of the worst offenses against blacks had been carried out.




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Metaphor: King compares injustice and oppression to sweltering heat and freedom and justice to an oasis.

Step-by-step explanation:

King repeats the sweltering heat metaphor toward the end of the speech, referring specifically to Mississippi, a state where some of the worst offenses against blacks had been carried out.

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