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In at least 150 words, explain the metaphor of "cashing a check" and how it makes King's speech more effective

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Answer: He uses the metaphor “cashing the check” because when someone promises a check we will get the money has was promised to be given in the same way he compares the what the US promised to give them. When the US constitution was written they promised to give equal rights to the blacks as well as the whites “unalienable rights”.

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