Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. 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. King uses repetition to emphasize the need to

King repeats “We refuse to believe” to show determination that justice and opportunity are still possible. The repeated phrase expresses a strong, firm stand against accepting injustice, rather than regret, humor, or a request for answers. The correct choice is “take a firm stand.”

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