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| allusion | Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. |
| contrast | yes, black men as well as white men |
| metaphor | the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. |
| repetition | I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream... |
| anaphora | With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of 4 brother-hood. With this faith |
| epitrophe | “Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.” |
| imagery and allusion | the curvaceous slopes of California |
| contrast and parallelism | Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. |
| logos | a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” |
| call to action | Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. |
