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Highlight the use of anaphora in this passage. 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.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.

–"I Have a Dream,"
Martin Luther King Jr.

What is an example of anaphora in this passage?
-the repetition of “one hundred years later”
-the repetition of “the Negro”
-the repetition of “life” and “live”

What is emphasized by the use of anaphora in this passage?
-the power of the Emancipation Proclamation
-the need for all people to fight for equality
-the long history of inequality

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