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Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of notebook paper. Some questions might have multiple possible responses. Be sure to know all possible answers to the questions. Use the literature textbook and your copies of the articles, and prove your answers with evidence from the text. from “I Have a Dream”

1. When and where did Dr. King deliver this speech?

2. In the second paragraph of the speech (beginning "Five score years ago . . ."), which extended metaphor does Dr. King introduce?

3. Parallelism is the repetition of similar words or phrases, and Dr. King using several of these in his speech. What effect do these parallelisms create?

4. In paragraphs four and five, Dr. King uses an analogy to illustrate America’s broken promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to “her citizens of color.” What is he comparing this to?

5. By linking the occasion of his speech to the Emancipation Proclamation and by using biblical language (reminding listeners that he is a minister), King defines his personal authority. What does this establish?

6. In paragraph nine of the speech (beginning "The marvelous new militancy ..."), Dr. King says that "many of our white brothers…have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom." Define the adverb inextricably.

7. In paragraph 11 of the speech (beginning "I am not unmindful . . .), Dr. King addresses those in the audience who have been unjustly imprisoned and who have been "battered by . . . police brutality." What advice does Dr. King offer to these people?

8. Toward the end of the speech, in the paragraphs beginning with the now-famous phrase "I have a dream," Dr. King mentions certain members of his own family. Which family members does he refer to?

9. Toward the end of his speech, Dr. King delivers a patriotic appeal by using which lines?

10. At the end of his speech, Dr. King repeatedly calls out, "Let freedom ring." Which one of the following locations does he not name in this part of the speech?

from “The Gettysburg Address”

11. What did Lincoln mean when he said, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation”?

12. What did Lincoln mean when he said, “conceived in liberty”?

13. What did Lincoln mean when he said, “But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate-- we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract”?

14. What did Lincoln mean when he said, “that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain”?

15. What is ironic about this quote from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”

16. Which quote from “The Gettysburg Address” best display the humble tone of Lincoln’s speech?

17. Which quote from “The Gettysburg Address” includes repetition to create an exaggerated affect?

18. What type of appeal did President Lincoln has as soon as he took the stage to deliver the Gettysburg Address?

from “Educating Sons” and “The First Americans”

19. In “Educating Sons,” how does Chief Canasatego say he feels about the invitation to Iroquois young men to go to college?

20. In “Educating Sons,” what things does Chief Canasatego say happen to the Iroquois boys who go to the colonists’ schools?

21. What piece of historical context explains why the authors of “The First Americans” address their letter to the Mayor of Chicago?

22. The authors of “The First Americans” contrast Native Americans and whites when saying that Native Americans respected nature by doing what?

23. What do both selections say about Native Americans? List at least 3 things.

24. In “Educating Sons,” what does Chief Canasatego say the English colonists must know because they are wise?

25. In “Educating Sons,” Chief Canasatego contrasts the education of Native Americans and whites by saying that a Native American education should result in what kind of knowledge?

26. “The First Americans” explains that white men took Native Americans’ land, hunting ground, and forests. Which detail in the Background information best explains the historical context of these actions? (the Background is in the section before the letter)

27. The authors of “The First Americans” say that Native Americans are civilized people by explaining that they do what?

28. In both selections, the speakers are willing to make what compromise?

from “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?”

29. From whose point of view does Douglass speak?

30. Which device does Douglass NOT use in his speech?

31. What is the irony that Douglass mentions in his speech?

32. “Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery?” is an example of what type of question?

33. Douglass’s statement that “the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this Fourth of July” is an example of an opinion. Explain what makes this an opinion and not a fact.

34. How does Douglass describe the country’s treatment of African Americans?

35. Why does Douglass call the celebration of July 4th a “sham”?

36. Douglass states that since African Americans do not enjoy the same freedoms as white Americans. he cannot celebrate what?

37. Douglass uses a large number of rhetorical questions. Why?

38. Douglass’s statement that “there is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him” is an example of an assumption. Explain what makes this statement an assumption.

from “The Sanctuary of School”

39. Why does the author and her brother like to sleep on the couch?

40. How does the author feel when she wakes up on the morning she sneaks out?

41. Which detail from the text makes the author’s school seem beautiful and unique? (think about the view)

42. What does everyone in the author’s class have the chance to do sometimes?

43. How do the details of the author’s happiness while drawing in school help her achieve her purpose to show that school met her need for stability and safety?

44. The author’s repeated drawing of the pretty house with blue sky and flowers. How does this show her need to escape a difficult home?

45. What always seems to be happening in Barry’s home?

46. What is the most likely cause of Barry’s eagerness to get to school?

47. Barry’s parents fail to notice that she is missing when she sneaks out. Why?

48. The discussion of the art supplies in the back of the classroom expresses Barry’s purpose because it shows how school can help troubled children heal. How does it prove this?

49. What does Barry say that people are told about public schools?

50. Barry worries about other children in public schools today because she knows many are less lucky than she was. What does she mean by this?

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