Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a
Dream" speech.
Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose
symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the
Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro
slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering
injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long
night of their captivity.
The emotional connotation of the underlined word helps
King emphasize the document's
O history.
O significance.
O timing.
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