Martin Luther King Figurative Language
Dream, Dream, Dream out Loud
More than 40 years ago, in August 1963, Martin Luther King electrified America with his momentous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, dramatically delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He argued passionately and powerfully with the help of language strategies. I believe Martin Luther King's I have a Dream speech uses effective language. Martin Luther King uses clear and memorable language strategies, figures of speech, and sound devices effectively in his speech, “I Have a Dream.” Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream"speech uses clear and memorable language strategies such as repetition and concrete language effectively. Repetition means, "An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage." …show more content…
An example from the speech, where he uses allusion effectively is when king says, “Five score years ago, a great american, in whose shadow we stand today...” (3-4). Here King uses “Five score years ago” a phrase from Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address speech. It is effective because he reference to the words of a credible speaker in this case, Abraham Lincoln. Another reason why this allusion is effective because King was saying his speech in front of Lincoln Memorial. King also uses personification effectively. Personification means, “Giving human qualities to nonhuman thing or ideas.” An example from the speech, where he uses personification effectively is when king says, “Our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: ‘For Whites Only’”(58-59). When he says “stripped of their self-hood” he didn’t literally mean they were stripped but he personified it. He did this to evoke the emotions of his
More than 40 years ago, in August 1963, Martin Luther King electrified America with his momentous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, dramatically delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He argued passionately and powerfully with the help of language strategies. I believe Martin Luther King's I have a Dream speech uses effective language. Martin Luther King uses clear and memorable language strategies, figures of speech, and sound devices effectively in his speech, “I Have a Dream.” Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream"speech uses clear and memorable language strategies such as repetition and concrete language effectively. Repetition means, "An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage." …show more content…
An example from the speech, where he uses allusion effectively is when king says, “Five score years ago, a great american, in whose shadow we stand today...” (3-4). Here King uses “Five score years ago” a phrase from Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address speech. It is effective because he reference to the words of a credible speaker in this case, Abraham Lincoln. Another reason why this allusion is effective because King was saying his speech in front of Lincoln Memorial. King also uses personification effectively. Personification means, “Giving human qualities to nonhuman thing or ideas.” An example from the speech, where he uses personification effectively is when king says, “Our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: ‘For Whites Only’”(58-59). When he says “stripped of their self-hood” he didn’t literally mean they were stripped but he personified it. He did this to evoke the emotions of his