William Fong Mrs. Coleman English 3 April 2024 MLK Rhetorical Analysis In the year of 1963, a man named Martin Luther King presented what went down as one of the best speeches in American history called I have a dream. He gave this speech on August 28, 1963. He started big Civil Rights Movements and, not only started then but was the leader of many of them. He presented the most famous speech while on the Lincoln Memorial, called the March of Washington. King attracted crowds with his talent for motivational speaking. During the famous speech called I have a dream. King had many people show up to his speeches not only in person, but people of all races and backgrounds would tune in from around the world to watch and listen to his wonderful speeches. King's main goal in life was to stop segregation and wanted everyone to be …show more content…
King uses anaphora, repetition, allusion, and rhetorical devices to get more in depth with his audience. King uses repetition to persuade his audience to follow his dream and to make everyone equal. Through the words “justice, freedom, and equality,” King shows how strongly he feels about his dream and how he truly feels about segregation. The speech king tried his hardest to persuade his audience to advocate for equality for all races until it was achieved. King uses anaphora to show how much he cared for what he was doing. In King's speech he says four times the phrases “One hundred years later” and “Now is the time” that our nation and laws of segregation have not changed. King repeated himself to emphasize that 100 years is a long time to wait for change. When in reality, 100 years is when change should have happened. King is not only wanting to talk about this situation, King is telling and showing everyone that we need to act now. We need to make a move and stop segregation. He expresses this by using the same saying four times. He is telling the nation that we