Breaking Down the “Dream”: Examining the Literary Devices of the King Speech
Based on the answers to the last two assignments, I realize that we need to work on connecting knowledge and execution. Throughout the semester, I assigned vocabulary words for you to learn so that as we read, you would be familiar with the definitions so you could more easily identify the terms in our various texts.
What you will need to do for this assignment is Re-read “I Have a Dream”. HOWEVER., you will need to read ONE paragraph at a time. You will need to identify the following:
Paragraph 2: (That begins with: “Five score…”)
Identify the Allusion.
. Identify the simile(actually put it here)-
What is being compared?
What is the purpose of the comparison?
Paragraph 3.
Identify the 1st metaphor(actually put it here)-
What is being compared?
What is the purpose of the comparison?
Identify the 2nd metaphor(actually put it here)-
What is being compared?
What is the purpose of the comparison?
Identify the 3rd metaphor(actually put it here)-
What is being compared?
What is the purpose of the comparison?
Identify the grammatical structure used within the paragraph (name the specific structure). WHY did King use it; what is his purpose?
Paragraph 4
Identify the 1st metaphor(actually put it here)-
What is being compared?
What is the purpose of the comparison?
2. Identify the 2nd metaphor(actually put it here)-
What is being compared?
What is the purpose of the comparison?
Identify the two allusions.
a.
b.
Why are these allusions important in this speech?