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Elena L [17]
3 years ago
6

1 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.
2 Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

3 But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

4 In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. 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. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

5It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

Read the passage above to answer the following questions:

5)
When Dr. King said, "We have come to our nation's capital to cash a check," he was using
A) hyperbole.
B) personification.
C) an extended simile.
D) an extended metaphor.

6)
Which statement BEST explains seared in the flames of withering injustice as it is used in the second paragraph?
A) Injustice began fading away for slaves.
B) Slaves were not haunted by the pain of injustice.
C) Slaves had been tortured and scarred by injustice.
D) Slaves were not bothered by the injustice served to them.

7)
Which sentence uses a simile to dramatize Dr. King's point vividly?
A) But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free.
B) So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
C) We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now.
D) This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
8)

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.
What is the root word of promissory as it is used in this sentence?
A) miss
B) missory
C) prom
D) promise
English
1 answer:
alexandr1967 [171]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

5)A-hyperbole

6) C-Slaves had been tortured and scarred by injustice

7)A-But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free.

8)D-promise

Explanation:

You need to look at context clues.

8- promissory means conveying or implying a promise

5- a hyperbole is something that is not to be taken literally

6- Injustice has caused slaves to be hurt and scarred for life by the acts of injustice

7-the whole point is that the country is still racist towards Negros

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