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Figurative Language In I Have A Dream Speech

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“Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” are the old words of a Negro Spiritual. In “I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King, he persuades Americans to treat everyone equally and how we can’t give up until it’s done. This speech is the most compelling speech because he tells everyone to start treating blacks equal after all they are exactly like everyone else; he also backs up his central idea with great Figurative Language. The quotes used in this essay are from MLK’s speech “I Have a Dream”. Three of his main ideas are presented in my essay: colored people still aren’t free, we need to put ourselves in check, also how children are growing up with all this racism. America needs to change the way....

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He want’s black children and white children to someday play together. “...little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.[King,3]” Think of all the children-- let’s do it for them. “ I have a dream that one day…[King,3]” Martin repeats this 8 times to give emphasis, also to make sure people understand what he is trying to say. If someone in the crowd misses some of his speech they will at least be able to catch a few pieces of his repetitive lines. “...with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification…[King,3]” I can just see someone saying this; I can picture the words “dripping” out of his mouth. He makes our brains listen to what he is saying by using these words, it gives the realization that we have been letting this get past us.

“I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King is the most compelling speech--he truly persuaded people to treat blacks equally by giving them a realization of common sense. His figurative language helped his argument a bunch. We now need to let the Negro’s be free, and we will live together as a family. Lets leave the past behind us--let’s start a new

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