1. “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln is remarkable through the use of rhetorical devices like allusion, antithesis, and tricolon.
2.This is a simile because MLK Jr. is comparing Justice rolling down LIKE water. He is also comparing righteousness like a mighty stream.
The impact of figurative language is to show the idea that everyone should be free.
The figurative language gives visual picture on what desegregation would look like.
Figurative Language in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech
"Let Freedom Ring"
"Let freedom ring" is a repetition because "Let freedom ring" is repeated throughout the speech.
In Loving Memory:
This means that Justice will be like a mighty stream and will be everywhere.
"Let Freedom Ring" means let freedom be everywhere.
Impact of figurative language
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Until Justice Rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream"
Impact of Figurative language
