What technique does Martin Luther King Jr. use by comparing justice to an

injured person in this passage from his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance

speech?

Metaphor.

Explanation:

This is the excerpt:

'' I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of out nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men''.

Through this excerpt, we can say that Martin Luther King used metaphors to his persuasive speech. We can see this when he said blood-flowing streets or dust of shame.

metaphor.