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What is Martin Luther King Jr.’s main purpose for giving his "I Have a Dream” speech?

A
to inform
B
to entertain
C
to persuade
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King uses words with strong connotations to appeal to his audience’s emotions.

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objective
B
subjective
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King repeats important words and phrases to draw his audience’s attention to them.

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objective
B
subjective
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King goes overboard with too many references to famous songs and important US documents.

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objective
B
subjective
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Review the prompt. Then, choose the best topic sentence for a literary analysis of the speech.Prompt: Write a paragraph analyzing how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uses argument techniques to achieve his purpose.

A
Martin Luther King Jr. includes the right amount of words with strong emotional connotations in his “I Have a Dream” speech.
B
Martin Luther King Jr. appeals to reason and emotion in his speech.
C
In “I Have a Dream,” Martin Luther King Jr. uses repetition and words with strong connotations to persuade his audience to work peacefully to achieve equal rights for all.
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What is the best analysis of this reason and evidence?

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King uses words like “hallowed” to persuade his audience that the place where they gather is sacred to America.
B
King uses words such as “cooling off” to encourage people to keep their tempers under control.
C
King uses words like “fierce urgency” and “tranquilizing” to motivate his audience to take action for change.
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King is good at making his audience feel proud to be American.

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objective
B
subjective
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Which sentence contains subjective language? | Which revision corrects the subjective language?

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sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 3
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Which sentence contains subjective language? | Which revision corrects the subjective language?

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Remove “warn his audience.”
B
Remove “I believe it is important.”
C
Remove “action for civil rights.”
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What evidence from the text shows that King uses words with strong connotations to persuade his audience? Check all that apply.

A
great vaults of opportunity
B
check that will give us
C
riches of freedom
D
have also come
E
fierce urgency of now
F
no time to engage
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tranquilizing drug of gradualism
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What are the purposes of a concluding statement? Check all that apply.to introduce the topicto provide reasons that support the topicto develop the topic and reasonsto wrap up the ideas presented in the analysisto connect back to the topic sentence

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to introduce the topic
B
to provide reasons that support the topic
C
to develop the topic and reasons
D
to wrap up the ideas presented in the analysis
E
to connect back to the topic sentence

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