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Question 4 • Language Arts 9

Which phrase from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech contains the strongest emotional connotations?

Answer
A
“and so we've come here today to dramatize”
B
“the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty”
C
“one hundred years later”
D
“the long night of their captivity”

Explanation

“The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty” uses vivid, emotionally charged imagery: “lonely island” suggests isolation, and “poverty” emphasizes hardship. The other phrases are more neutral or less emotionally intense. Therefore, the strongest emotional connotations appear in “the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty.”

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