Alexis Ruckman, Lizzie Tippett, and Kayla K.

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Assertion 1:
Adjective + Device + Textual evidence: Commentary:
1. Paradoxical + contrasting Metaphor + One
hundred years later, the life of the negro is
still sadly crippled crippled by the manacles
of segregation and the chains of
discrimination. One hundred gears later
the Negro lives on a lonely island of
poverty in the midst ofa vast sea of
material prosperity. One hundred years
later the Negro is still languished ill the
corner of American dream and finds
himself in exile in his own land.
(paragraph 3 lines 1-5)
Near the beginning of the speech (why?) telling
his point early on
Contrasting Metaphor
By empowering the people through his diction
(why?) wants equality for all the only way to
do so is together
The negro*s+are still not free (line 7)
To remind the people of the hardships that
they have endured
By using emotional appeal (why?) his word
choice is exceptionally emotional
The hardships that the Negros have faced to
ensure racial equality (How?) he explains it
throughout the first two
paragraphs(WB){explains the why?}
THE Negros are still in exile and they wish to
leave all of that behind(WB){tells the purpose}
He wants racial equality for all (WB)
2. Empowering + Pathos + Some of you have
come fresh from narrow jail cells . Some of
you have come from areas where your
quest for freedom left you battered by the
storms of persecution and staggered by the
winds of police brutality. You have been
the veterans' of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that
unearned suffering is redemptive.
(Paragraph 14 lines 2-4)
Beginning to midway through the speech
(why?) he is starting to develop his point/claim
An emotional appeal
By using his word choice to empower his
meaning- to make his diction sound more
emotional
Empowers the people to keep going
To use emotional appeal towards the Negros
to save them from the inequality.
Gets the people to understand what the
Negros have gone through because of their
hardships (why?)to show the people what all
of them have gone through
They have suffered from police brutality to
ensure racial equality (How?) by the great
trials and tribulations(WB),explains the why?-
The hardships and struggles they have
endured(WB){tells the purpose}
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police brutality, slavery and extreme rasicm.
3. Omitting + Personification + P4 sent 4-5 Early on in the speech (why?)- he is trying to
make the people understand his point
Personifying metaphor
To want to continue to fight (why?)- to
understand the reason behind MLKs cause
How Americas made a false promise to the
people.
Unalienable rights through DOI but only
white people are receiving the rights but
colored or others do not get the unalienable
rights
Realize what is happening
1. Not everybody got what they were
promised when America was founded
(why?) makes them realize that they
are not receiving what they were
promised
Everyman is equal no matter the color of their
skin. (why?)
Lets the people know that everyone deserves the
same rights
Encourages the people to continue fighting for
their racial equality

Assertion 3:
Adjective + Device + Textual evidence: Commentary:
1. Willing + allusion to the bible to Jeremiah
20:13 + paragraph 8 sentence 2

2. Anaphoric +turning shift, and syntactical
structure + paragraph 8 lines 4-6

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3. Relentless + ambiguity, connotation and
repetition + paragraph 9 lines 1-3