The following quote from Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech consists of an example of which literary device? “In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check.”
a. allusion c. metaphor b. alliteration d. assonance

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The following quote from Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech consists of an example of which literary device? “In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check.”                                                   
a. allusion                                         	 	c.  metaphor                                               	                                                                          b. alliteration                   	 	       	d.  assonance

Floo · Answer

I want you to define each answer choice, and then make an educated guess as to what it might be

UrHawtieIsHere4U · Answer

It would be a metaphor because he was comparing two things that aren't similar without saying 'like' or 'as'. Why it wouldn't be an allusion is because it directly stated the figurative language. Alliteration is where a sentence starts with the same letter for the whole sentence. I.e: Peter picked a pickled piper. This wouldn't be assonance because this is not poetry it is a quote.

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