From “Nobody Turn Me Around”

A People’s History of the 1963 March on Washington

Literary Terms

Simile

•A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words like or as

•Euchner begins the selection with a simile: “Always, he begins slowly, like thunder rolling from a distance before a great storm.”

Anaphora

•Is a type of repetition in which the first word or words are repeated in a series of statements

•In lines 34-39, Euchner begins each statement with the word repetition. He uses this anaphora to keep his audience involved.

Primary Sources

•Materials from the time the event happened

•These include speeches, documents, and first-hand accounts such as interviews, television footage, photographs, and news reports.

Print Cues

•Include punctuation as well as italics and boldface type

•Euchner reproduces some of King’s words in italics, even though most copies of the speech do not show words in italics.

Allusion

•References to well-known people, events, or literary works that the author expects the audience to know.

•Euchner alludes to Malcolm X in line 146 (Be sure to read that footnote when we get to that part).

Sensory Language

•Words that appeal to the senses

•Authors use sensory language so that readers can experience what authors describe.

•In lines 427-431, these words help you visualize the scene: dizzy, sways, lifts, smile, laugh

Vocabulary Squares

•Use the “Nobody Turn Me Around” selection on pages 55-68 to locate the following vocabulary words:

cadenceinvocation

parallel civic