Dr. King's phrase "We have come to our nation's capital to cash a check" is an example of D. an extended metaphor. He uses the check as a metaphor for the unfulfilled promises of equality and rights for African Americans, indicating that they are coming to claim what is rightfully theirs.
When Dr. King said, "We have come to our nation's capital to cash a check," he was using.
A. hyperbole
B. personification
C. an extended simile
D. an extended metaphor
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