Rhetorical Analysis Of I Have A Dream Speech

In Martin Luther’s King speech of “I have a dream,” is a speech where Martin Luther King is talking about how the African American population is not equal. He wants to let everyone know that it is bad and need to stop. He gives the people facts and his dreams of what the America would look like if everyone was equal. He shows the reader and listener this by using figurative language. He uses a quote like “Quicksands of racial injustice,” in paragraph 5.

In Martin Luther’s speech he has many main ideas, and one of them is let freedom ring. When he says this he is saying he wants freedom not only is that one part of America, but everywhere in America. He wants everyone to be equal, and not be judged by what color they are. The devices he uses in the speech is imagery. I say this because when he says “Let freedom ring from the

He explains this by saying he wants his kids to live in a nation where they will not be judged by their color. This is why his speech is called “I have a dream,” because he wishes that one day his dreams would come true and no one will be judged, and be able to anything anyone else does. The device he uses in this part of the speech is repetition because he says “I have a dream” a lot so the he gets the reader's attention, and gives them plenty of things to be listening to. The last one of Martin Luther King’s main idea is that all need to be the same as created equal. I say this because back then the African Americans had to go to different schools, drink from different water fountains, and had to sit on a certain part of the bus. There was many more bad and unequal things that happened. This is why martin Luther king and many other people marched to Washington DC, to present the speech of I have a dream. The devices he used in this allusion because when he is doing his speech he is talking about the problems in America, and it need to