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Overcoming Vocabulary problem
Captivity - he condition of being imprisoned or confined.
Decree - an official order issued by a legal authority.
Exalted - (of a person or their rank or status) placed at a high or powerful level; held in high regard.
Interposition - To insert or introduce between parts.
Invigorating - making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy. Languished - suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.
Manacles - a metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles.
Nullification - the action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the United States.
Staggered - walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
Tranquility - the quality or state of being tranquil; calm.
Literal Meaning
Look at the title. Does it have any bearing of the discussion presented? Why?
-Yes, because the discussion is all about his dream, a dream that is for the future that sets the Negro free from hatred and pain.
Look at the points made about the subjects, are those facts of opinion? Why?
-Those are facts of opinion, because Negros are slaves of white men and Negros doesn’t have any rights to fight for themselves.
Look at the way these points are presented, Are they literal or figurative? What made it so?
-Figurative. The meaning of the words used goes beyond the actual meaning of those words.
I. Getting the Figurative language
1. Are there figurative language used in the essay. Enumerate and Identify.
Alliteration - We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no…
Simile - No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Hyperbole - And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet,
Captivity - he condition of being imprisoned or confined.
Decree - an official order issued by a legal authority.
Exalted - (of a person or their rank or status) placed at a high or powerful level; held in high regard.
Interposition - To insert or introduce between parts.
Invigorating - making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy. Languished - suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.
Manacles - a metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles.
Nullification - the action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the United States.
Staggered - walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
Tranquility - the quality or state of being tranquil; calm.
Literal Meaning
Look at the title. Does it have any bearing of the discussion presented? Why?
-Yes, because the discussion is all about his dream, a dream that is for the future that sets the Negro free from hatred and pain.
Look at the points made about the subjects, are those facts of opinion? Why?
-Those are facts of opinion, because Negros are slaves of white men and Negros doesn’t have any rights to fight for themselves.
Look at the way these points are presented, Are they literal or figurative? What made it so?
-Figurative. The meaning of the words used goes beyond the actual meaning of those words.
I. Getting the Figurative language
1. Are there figurative language used in the essay. Enumerate and Identify.
Alliteration - We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no…
Simile - No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Hyperbole - And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet,