(A) ** Metaphor
(B) Assonance
(C) Hyperbole
(D) Repetition
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Concept note-1: -Dr. King uses the rhetorical devices of personification, metaphor, and symbolism in his “I Have a Dream” speech. By doing so, he persuades his readers to the cause of social justice and racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement.
Concept note-2: -When he constructed the text of his “I Have a Dream” speech, he used the metaphor of a bad check to demonstrate the economic injustice that so many faced. He took a complex problem and translated it into practical pocketbook terminology: “We’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check.
Concept note-3: -A metaphor is a type of figure of speech that compares one thing to another unlike thing. It’s a direct comparison between two things that may not appear similar at all. Metaphors directly state that one thing is another. Metaphors are an example of figurative language because they aren’t meant to be taken literally.
Concept note-4: -Rhetorical devices are abundant in the “I Have A Dream” speech. Most noticeable, and frequently used, is anaphora, which our dictionary defines as “the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses”: Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.