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In “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uses the phrase "justice too long delayed is justice denied." What rhetorical device does this exemplify?
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Allusion to historical events
Antithesis to contrast two ideas
Repetition to emphasize a key theme
Analogy to explain his argument

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Antithesis to contrast two ideas.

King sets two opposing ideas ("delayed" vs. "denied") in a balanced, parallel phrase to highlight the moral urgency.