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Read this excerpt from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech in Detroit and answer the question. I have a dream this evening that one day we will recognize the words of Jefferson that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. I have a dream this afternoon.
Source: http://abcnews. go. com/WNT/story?id=129482
What literary device does King use to convey his point in this excerpt?
a simile comparing his dream to Jefferson's
O a metaphor for the liberties and rights that African Americans are enjoying
an allusion to the Declaration of Independence to underscore how its principles have not yet been applied to African Americans
hyperbole for the unattainability of Jefferson's ideals in the African American community

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