King closes by repeating "let freedom ring" at the head of one sentence after another, naming a different mountainside each time. Which device is that, and what does it do?

King says the Negro is "still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination." Which device is at work in "manacles" and "chains"?

"Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force." Which device does "physical force with soul force" use?

King pledges that with faith "we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together." Name the device.

King reports that people ask civil rights supporters, "When will you be satisfied?" and then answers with sentence after sentence beginning "We can never be satisfied as long as..." What is he doing with that question?

King warns against taking "the tranquilizing drug of gradualism." What is the device, and what does it accomplish?

"The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges." What does the weather imagery accomplish here?

King says the architects of the republic signed a "promissory note," but that America "has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'" Which appeal is this working through?

King says the movement cannot be satisfied while "our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: for whites only." Which appeal is this, and on what evidence?

King says many white Americans have realized their destiny is tied to his people's, "as evidenced by their presence here today." What kind of appeal is that clause?

King tells his own supporters they "must not be guilty of wrongful deeds" and must "conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline." Which appeal is this?

"Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells," King tells the crowd, and some were "battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality." Which appeal is this?

"This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality." What makes this a logical appeal as well as a vivid one?

King opens: "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation." Which phrase is the allusion, and to what?

King delivered this speech on August 28, 1963. Where was he standing, and what does "in whose symbolic shadow we stand today" therefore point to?

King says "we will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'" What is he quoting?

"Every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low... and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." What is King quoting here?

King dreams that the nation will "live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Which document supplies that creed?

Why is King's "But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free" an exact count rather than a round number?

The occasion was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. What does the pairing in that name tell you the marchers were demanding?

Which order do these parts of the speech come in?

Where does the "I have a dream" section sit in the speech?

What work does the closing "let freedom ring" section do in the argument?

Which statement about the speech is NOT true?

What is the central claim of King's argument?