Answer:
The rhetoric technique that Martin Luther King uses repeatedly in the above text is the use of similes and the use of figurative language.
Explanation:
Similes are speech techniques that use the comparison of two variables interestingly.
Figurative language is the use of a word to mean differently to its custom meaning.
<em>Martin Luther King uses Socrates and Jesus figuratively to explain his ideas, since, they are not part of his topic, but have similar traits as the situation he is trying to explain, this is an example of figurative language in the above excerpt.</em>
Martin Luther in this excerpt uses similes multiple times to bring out his points.
Some of the instances where he uses similes are;
- Isn't this like condemning Socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries
- Isn't this like condemning Jesus because his unique God consciousness and never ceasing devotion to God's will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion?
This questions help him explain his point, it also makes the people understand his point out of the comparison of what they know to what they do not know.
- The British first assumed control of India by fighting a terrible war
- The British East India Company only handled company business matters.
India was considered the most important colony of the British Empire and, therefore, the term British India was coined. The territory of India was under total control of the United Kingdom.
British India was a multicultural environment, formed by different races, languages and religions, especially the Indo-Europeans and the Mongolian race. In this period, the territory of India had more than 3 thousand languages and dialects and the religion of Brahmanism (Hinduism) was the most important.
England had a viceroy in Indian territory, who represented the highest authority in the colony and was responsible for accountability to the British Empire in London.
Declaration of independence
