MLK “I Have a Dream Speech” Active Reading/Literacy Strategy Graphic Organizer
Main Idea: A century after the
Emancipation Proclamation, “the Negro
still is not free.”
Main Idea:
Name:________________________________________
Supporting Elements: examples &
references to segregation,
discrimination, & poverty
Transition: “So we’ve come here today to
dramatize a shameful condition.”
Supporting Techniques (circle):
Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, Allusion,
Repetition, Parallel Structure; Diction;
Other:____________________________
Difficult Vocab: momentous, seared,
manacles, languishing
Supporting Elements:
Transition:
Difficult Vocab:
Supporting Techniques (circle):
Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, Allusion,
Repetition, Parallel Structure; Diction;
Other:____________________________
Main Idea:
Supporting Elements:
Supporting Techniques (circle):
Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, Allusion,
Repetition, Parallel Structure; Diction;
Other:____________________________
Transition:
Difficult Vocab: