figurative language in a speech
te to dr. martin luther king, jr.
randmother walked as a slave from virginia to
which passes for the walker ancestral home-
his hips. she lived to be a hundred and twenty - five
father knew her as a boy. (it is in memory of this
seep and to embrace my \maiden\ name,
ear our family church where she is buried, but
was made of wood and rotted years ago, it is
actly where her body lies. in the same cemetery
bers when they came. and all of my great - aunts
, and my grandfather and grandmother, and, very
ier.
does not belong to anyone until they have buried a
nd of my birthplace belongs to me, dozens of
story of my family, like that of all black
story of dispossession. we loved the land and
we never owned it; and even if we bought land,
after the civil war, it was always in

our dead are alive with us still and what seems to me
second to none in importance. he gave us back our heritage.
he gave us back our homeland; the bones and dust of our ancestors,
who may now sleep within our caring and our hearing. he gave us
the blueness of the georgia sky in autumn as in summer; the colors
of the southern winter as well as glimpses of the green of vacation -
time spring. those of our relatives we used to invite for a visit we
now can ask to stay... he gave us full - time use of our own
woods, and restored our memories to those of us who were forced
to run away, as realities we might each day enjoy and leave for our
children.
what does walker emphasize with the metaphor in this excerpt?
how king struggled to achieve his goal
the work that has yet to be done in the fight for
equality

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figurative language in a speech
te to dr. martin luther king, jr.
randmother walked as a slave from virginia to
which passes for the walker ancestral home-
his hips. she lived to be a hundred and twenty - five
father knew her as a boy. (it is in memory of this
seep and to embrace my \maiden\ name,
ear our family church where she is buried, but
was made of wood and rotted years ago, it is
actly where her body lies. in the same cemetery
bers when they came. and all of my great - aunts
, and my grandfather and grandmother, and, very
ier.
does not belong to anyone until they have buried a
nd of my birthplace belongs to me, dozens of
story of my family, like that of all black
story of dispossession. we loved the land and
we never owned it; and even if we bought land,
after the civil war, it was always in

our dead are alive with us still and what seems to me
second to none in importance. he gave us back our heritage.
he gave us back our homeland; the bones and dust of our ancestors,
who may now sleep within our caring and our hearing. he gave us
the blueness of the georgia sky in autumn as in summer; the colors
of the southern winter as well as glimpses of the green of vacation -
time spring. those of our relatives we used to invite for a visit we
now can ask to stay... he gave us full - time use of our own
woods, and restored our memories to those of us who were forced
to run away, as realities we might each day enjoy and leave for our
children.
what does walker emphasize with the metaphor in this excerpt?
how king struggled to achieve his goal
the work that has yet to be done in the fight for
equality

Accepted Answer

# Brief Explanations:
The passage discusses what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave back to the people like heritage, homeland etc. Analyzing the context, the metaphor emphasizes the things King restored to the people. It doesn't focus on his struggles or future - work for equality.
# Answer:
None of the provided options are correct as the metaphor emphasizes what King gave back to the people such as heritage, homeland, and memories.

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