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familiar, concrete words
The most important feature of King’s
language is his use of familiar,
concrete words.
heavy use of metaphors and similes
occur in pairs
are arranged to emphasize progress
from a negative condition to a positive
condition.
simile
“It came as a joyous daybreak to end the
long night of their captivity” (p 2)
“This momentous decree came as a great
beacon of light of hope to millions of Negro
slaves...” (p 2)
“ until justice rolls down like waters and
righteousness like a mighty stream…”
(p 11)
metaphor
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“to lift our nation from the quicksands of
racial injustice to the solid rock of
brotherhood” (p 6)
•
“the dark and desolate valley of
segregation to the sunlit path of racial
justice” (p 6)
metaphor
“flames of withering injustice” (p 2)
“manacles of segregation and chains of
discrimination” (p 3)
“The whirlwinds of revolt” (p 7)
“discords of our nation into a beautiful
symphony of brotherhood” (p 22)
antithesis
“the joyous daybreak to end the long
night of their captivity” (p 2)
“They will not be judged by the color of
their skin but by the content of their
character.” (p 18)
antithesis
“the sons of former slaves and the
sons of former slave owners…” (p 16)
“black men and white men, Jews and
Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics”
(p 25)
alliteration
“Five score years ago, a great American,
in whose symbolic shadow we stand
today.” (p 2)
“this sweltering summer” (p 7)
“some of you have come here out of
great trials and tribulations” (p 12)
analogy
“In a sense we’ve come to our nation's
capital to cash a check.” (p 4)
“America has defaulted on this
promissory note.” (p 4)
“America has given the Negro people a
bad check.” (p 4)
“The bank of justice is bankrupt.” (p 5)
allusion
“Five score years ago...” —an allusion
to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
“It came as a joyous daybreak to end
the long night of their captivity.” —an
allusion to Emancipation Proclamation
(p 2)
allusion
“No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will
not be satisfied until justice rolls down
like waters and righteousness like a
mighty stream.”
—an allusion to Amos (p 11)
"I have a dream that every valley shall be
exalted...“
—an allusion to Isaiah 40:4-5 (p 21)
repetition
The “One hundred years later ” (p 2)
The “Now is the time ” (p 6)
The “We must” (p 8)
The “We can never be satisfied ” (p 11)
repetition
The “Go back to . . .” (p 12)
The “I have a dream” (p15-21)
The “Let freedom ring ” (p 23-5)
parallelism
“a state sweltering with the heat of injustice,
sweltering with the heat of oppression” (p 17)
“every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and
mountain shall be made low, the rough places will
be made plain, and the crooked places will be
made straight” (p 21)
“we will be able to work together, to pray together,
to struggle together, to go to jail together, to
stand up for freedom together” (p 22)
personification
“The whirlwinds of revolt will continue
to shake the foundations of our nation”
“one day this nation will rise up and
live out the true meaning of its creed”
“Let freedom ring!”