Question

In his "I Have a Dream Speech," Martin Luther King, Jr. remarked, "I have a dream that one day my four children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." King's language use is an example of _____.
(A) alliteration
(B) metaphor
(C) a rhetorical question
(D) hyperbole

Answer 1

Answer:

(B) metaphor

Explanation:

To give it a definition, a metaphor is an implicit comparison between two things, words or phrases that wouldn't usually be linked to each other. When Martin Luther King, Jr. explains what he expects for his children, what he really means is that he wishes they will be judged by the "content of their character", that is to say, by their personality, ideas and actions.