Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King's Speech

to 250,000 people gathered at Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, the night before for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. These people hadn’t necessarily come to listen to Martin Luther King; consequently challenging him to engage with a more difficult audience. During this horrifying era, racial inequality forced millions of African-Americans to in slavery, subjected to a life of poverty and disperses; simply because of their skin colour. Martin Luther King not only changed the living conditions of millions, but influenced the way in which whites perceived and associated with African-Americans.
Form: the effectiveness in which Martin Luther King outlines societies “problem” of racial discrimination using its form, is highly successful at captivating the audience’s consideration towards the controversial topic.

It is evident that the form of Martin Luther King’s speech was exceptionally outstanding at emphasising the problem just as much as discussing the “solution”; allowing the audience to constantly reassess the feelings against African-Americans. Martin Luther King transitions from emphasising society’s problem of racial discrimination, to conveying the “solution” society have been craving for generations. This transition not only effectively engaged with the audience but strongly conveyed that racial inequality needs be eradicated, in order to live prosperous lives filled with joy and happiness. It is evident that Martin Luther King successfully manipulated the audience’s emotion connect with racial inequality, through the use of form.
Language: The diverse range of language techniques used was a fundamental factor in the effectiveness in which the Martin Luther King engaged with