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    King’s “I Have a Dream” Ted Wilkenfeld Professor Moriarty Composition 0990 April 21‚ 2011 RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 2 Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the “I Have a Dreamspeech by Martin Luther King. The author covers King’s use of support‚ ornamentation/embellishment‚ and other rhetorical techniques. Further‚ the author is quick to contextualize the nature of King’s speech. RHETORICAL ANALYSIS Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” The “I Have a Dream” speech

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    MLK’s Dream of Change Dreams reflect people’s desires‚ but imagine if a dream can be changed for an entire nation‚ simply by an amazing speech. “I Have a Dream” was the incredible speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave in order to make his dream come true. This speech took place in 1963‚ as it triggered the Negros movement toward their freedom and righteousness. Martin Luther King Jr. when giving this speech conveyed his values which were: justice‚ freedom and equality. Martin Luther King Jr.

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    September 2013 Response to “I Have a Dream…” I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be a Black American during this time because of the huge difference Martin Luther King Jr. has made. Even though I never experienced this era‚ I can feel the hatred and mistreatment that racism has caused to black people through this speech. I can sense the urgency to have equal rights‚ because Martin Luther is clearly speaking from his heart‚ his own feelings. The way he starts his speech is really clever‚ it begins

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    Contextual Analysis of I Have a Dream Martin Luther King Jr.’s (January 15th‚ 1929- April 4th‚ 1968) I Have a Dream is so popular that it always appears among the top 50 of the world’s speeches ever made. As a matter of fact‚ the 1999 poll of scholars and analyst of public address ranked the speech as the top American speech of the 20th century. The 17 minute public speech was delivered on august 28th‚ 1963‚ at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The speech was a culmination of the 1963 March on

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    MLK and his Mighty Speech August 28‚ 1963-In the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial‚ Martin Luther King Jr. rallied 200‚000 who peacefully marched on Washington demonstrating for civil rights. Today Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" at the Lincoln Memorial during the Washington D.C. Civil Rights March. Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation‚ which freed millions of slaves in 1863‚ King observes that: "one hundred years later‚ the Negro still is not free". At the

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    "I Have a Dream" Analysis

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    "I have a dream" Analysis Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech is most likely one of the greatest speeches in American history. An audience of 200‚000 white and black Americans gathered in Washington D.C. on August 28‚ 1963 to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his groundbreaking speech. This essay will analyze the speech for voice and rhetoric by showing MLK’s main argument‚ how he supports that argument‚ identifying the language he used and the audience at whom it was

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    Abstract: On the base of the definition of stylistics‚ this thesis gives a detailed analysis of some the of stylistic devices used in the famous speech by the well-known American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ and then probes into the stylistic characteristics of speech as a style. Key words: Stylistics‚ Stylistic devices‚ analysis‚ speech As an interdisciplinary field of study‚ stylistics promises to offer useful insights into literary criticism and the teaching of literature

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    On August 28‚ 1963‚ King gives his speech for freedom. He begins his speech with the emancipation of the slaves‚ issued by Abraham Lincoln‚ and later mentions that after being freed from slavery‚ blacks are still not free. King claims all men were issued a check and a promise of freedom‚ yet for black men and women that check has come back with “insufficient funds.” The members of the civil rights union issue a check to America‚ they return America’s unkept promise with one they are sure to keep:

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    I Have a Dream Analysis

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    Tone & Mood Martin Luther Kings’ speech does not have a uniform tone. The speech begins with a disheartening and accusing tone‚ shown by using two different phrases to express the same meaning: ‘five score years’ and ‘one hundred years’. Even though the two phrases both mean a hundred years; ‘five score years’ seems to have a much shorter time span than ‘one hundred years’; as if the date when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed is still vivid in minds‚ but after a hundred years‚ a long period

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    In The speech I Have a Dream by Martin Luther‚ which was one of the best speeches in the world‚ Martin Luther used several types of techniques in his speech to give better understandings to the listener. He uses techniques like‚ repetition‚ which was the main technique used by him to associate with the people‚ he also used inclusive language and emotional language in his speech. He used such ideas to explain his ideas and give hopes to the people that racism will end one day. Martin Luther used

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