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Emancipation Proclamation

According to King, what is the “Beacon Light of Hope”?

A bad check

What is one extended metaphor King uses in his speech?

America has not given African Americans their rights

According to King, how has America given African Americans a “bad check”?

determined

What is the tone of King’s speech?

Everyone, regardless of color, should have equal rights.

What is the main idea of this speech?

To persuade Americans that everyone is created equal and should be treated equally

For what main reason did King give this speech?

They should not hesitate and should act immediately.

How does King say African Americans should respond to the Civil Rights Movement?

Black people

According to the speech, to whom did the Emancipation Proclamation give hope?

Hyperbole

When King states, “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation,” what rhetorical device is he using?

Anaphora

When King states “We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heaving with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro’s basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one,” what literary device is he using at the BEGINNING of the sentences?

parallelism

In the same quote above King states, “…cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.” What rhetorical device is he using in the underlined part?

Ethos (“we”)

When King states, “But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds…and so, we’ve come to cash this check,” to which of the following is he appealing?

Pathos

When King states, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged b the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” to which of the following is he appealing?

Logos

When King states, “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir,” to which of the following is he appealing?

Dramatic Irony

the audience knows something the character

does not know

parallelism

parts of a sentence that are equal and

balanced

anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the

beginning of successive lines, or phrases

Rhetoric

the art of effective speaking or writing

antithesis

Opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction

logos

The logic used to support a claim

pathos

The emotional appeals

ethos

The source’s credibility, the speaker’s/author’s authority

hyperbole

Exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetoric effect

Verbal irony

Expression of something which is contrary to the intended meaning; the words say one thing but mean another

Situational irony

When the outcome of actions or events is different than the desired or expected result

autobiography

Coming of Age in Mississippi is what type of literary work?

Essie Mae

Who is the narrator of the work?

During the 1940s and 1950s

During which time period does this work take place?

They are tenant farmers

What do Essie Mae’s parents do for a living at the beginning of the work?

He goes to live with Florence, a “yellow” woman.

Why does Daddy leave the family?

They treat her well by helping her with her homework and feeding her.

When Essie Mae goes to work for the Johnsons and the Claibornes, how do they treat her?

society’s emphasis on the slightest difference of skin color

What theme does the following quote address?

“Florence was a mulatto, high yellow with straight black hair. She was the envy of all the women on the plantation” (18).

Ed is kind to Essie Mae.

Why is it easier for Essie Mae to learn from Ed than it is for her to learn from the schoolteacher?

What makes someone white?

What is the big question about life that Essie Mae cannot seem to figure out?

They are white

When Essie Mae first meets Walter and Sam, what does she think about them?

Raymond’s mother takes the baby away from Mama.

What happens to the first baby (James) that Mama has with Raymond?

Mama is darker than Miss Pearl, she is poor, and she had Raymond’s baby out of wedlock

Why does Raymond’s mother dislike Mama so much?

A house

What does Raymond give Mama?

She stands at the doorway and will not enter the room, does not speak to Mama, and tells Raymond that she cannot stay because she must go cook dinner.

When Miss Pearl comes to Raymond and Mama’s house to see the newborn baby, what does she do?

Shy, unsure of herself, a hard worker, and intelligent

Essie Mae is which of the following?