Martin Luther King, Jr's I Have a Dream Speech: Annotating Guide
Annotating Guide for
Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I Have a Dream” Speech
Goal: Analyze the print and electronic version the “I Have a Dream” speech by annotating-the-text to identify the author’s purpose and how he utilizes figurative language to convey his message.
Paragraph 2: “Five score years ago”
Paragraph 2/Sentence 1: What does the phrase, “five score years ago” allude to? Circle the phrase and write the allusion next to it.
Paragraph 2/Sentence 2: Why would the Emancipation Proclamation bring hope to people?
Paragraph 3: “But one hundred years later”
Paragraph 3 Overall: What is Dr. King’s purpose of gathering the people together today?
Paragraph 3 Overall: What phrase is continuously repeated in this passage? Underline it.
Paragraph 4: “In a sense we’ve come”
Paragraph 4/Sentence 2: What does the phrase, “was to fall heir” mean? Underline the phrase and write the meaning beside it.
Paragraph 4/Sentence 3: What does “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” allude to? Circle the phrase and write the allusion next to it.
Paragraph 5: “But we refuse”
Paragraph 5 Overall: What is the “check” he’s speaking of? What is his big message?
Paragraph 6: “We have also come to”
Paragraph 6 Overall: The phrase “now is the time” is repeated numerous times throughout this passage. According to Dr. King, “now is the time” for what? Write this in your own words beside the passage and underline all the repeated phrases.
Paragraph 7: “It would be fatal”
Paragraph 7 Overall: What is the key message in this paragraph?
Paragraph 8: “But there is something”
Paragraph 8 Overall: According to Dr. King, how shall we respond to injustice? Identify the sentence that provides this answer- circle it- and write the response in your own words.
Paragraph 9: “The marvelous new”
Paragraph 9 Overall: What is the big message in this paragraph?
Paragraph 10: “There are those”
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I Have a Dream” Speech
Goal: Analyze the print and electronic version the “I Have a Dream” speech by annotating-the-text to identify the author’s purpose and how he utilizes figurative language to convey his message.
Paragraph 2: “Five score years ago”
Paragraph 2/Sentence 1: What does the phrase, “five score years ago” allude to? Circle the phrase and write the allusion next to it.
Paragraph 2/Sentence 2: Why would the Emancipation Proclamation bring hope to people?
Paragraph 3: “But one hundred years later”
Paragraph 3 Overall: What is Dr. King’s purpose of gathering the people together today?
Paragraph 3 Overall: What phrase is continuously repeated in this passage? Underline it.
Paragraph 4: “In a sense we’ve come”
Paragraph 4/Sentence 2: What does the phrase, “was to fall heir” mean? Underline the phrase and write the meaning beside it.
Paragraph 4/Sentence 3: What does “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” allude to? Circle the phrase and write the allusion next to it.
Paragraph 5: “But we refuse”
Paragraph 5 Overall: What is the “check” he’s speaking of? What is his big message?
Paragraph 6: “We have also come to”
Paragraph 6 Overall: The phrase “now is the time” is repeated numerous times throughout this passage. According to Dr. King, “now is the time” for what? Write this in your own words beside the passage and underline all the repeated phrases.
Paragraph 7: “It would be fatal”
Paragraph 7 Overall: What is the key message in this paragraph?
Paragraph 8: “But there is something”
Paragraph 8 Overall: According to Dr. King, how shall we respond to injustice? Identify the sentence that provides this answer- circle it- and write the response in your own words.
Paragraph 9: “The marvelous new”
Paragraph 9 Overall: What is the big message in this paragraph?
Paragraph 10: “There are those”
Paragraph 10