(A) ** “I have a dream ____ “
(B) “When will you be satisfied?”
(C) “ ____ Content of their character.”
(D) “And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.”
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Concept note-1: -Explanation / Interpretation: King uses the phrase “one hundred years later” to repeat and stress the idea that many years have passed and progress has not occurred. Racial inequality still exists. Parallelism occurs here because the grammatical construction and wording are similar in the beginning of each sentence.
Concept note-2: -Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is one very famous example of parallel structure: 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."
Concept note-3: -King drew on a variety of rhetorical techniques to “Educate, Engage, & Excite” TM his audiences – e.g., alliteration, repetition, rhythm, allusion, and more – his ability to capture hearts and minds through the creative use of relevant, impactful, and emotionally moving metaphors was second to none.
Concept note-4: -Examples of parallelism “No pain, no gain, ” “In for a penny, in for a pound, ” “Where there is smoke, there is fire, ” and “It takes one to know one” are all parallel constructions. Because the rhetorical device is popular among orators, we’ll list examples from speeches, as well as from film and literature.