Question 1

from "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
          I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
          I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
          I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
          I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
--from “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr.

1.	The above excerpt most clearly demonstrates the following element of persuasive language

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repetition.

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similes.

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speaking directly to the reader.

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asking rhetorical questions (questions that don't require an answer).

Question 2

1This is our hope. 2This is the faith that I go back to the South with. 3With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. 4With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. 5With this 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, knowing that we will be free one day.
--from “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr.
2.	Sentence 4 of the above excerpt from “I Have a Dream” is an example of

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a metaphor.

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rhetorical questions (questions that don't require an answer)

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repetition.

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a simile.

Question 3

1And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
          2Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
          3Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!
          4But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
          5Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
          6Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
--from “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, 
3. King begins paragraph 4 with the phrase “But not only that…” in the above excerpt in order to

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contrast the large states with the small states.

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make the point that freedom should ring in the southern states, as well.

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make the point that freedom should ring in other countries, as well.

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compare the eastern states of the U.S. with the western states of the U.S.

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