(MLK Discussion Question) Which literary
device or piece of figurative language do you
think creates the biggest impact within MLK's
"I Have a Dream" speech?
13 points

“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.”

Because not only does it reference The Emancipation Proclamation it uses a metaphor to call out the injustice of the past and of the present when the speech was given.