Rhetorical Analysis Of I Have A Dream Speech

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Martin Luther King “ I Have a Dream.” In Martin Luther King’s speech “ I Have a Dream.” main pontes about freedom and justice for Black people were fully developed. He started his speech by expressing his hopes and excitement for that day that later on became one big day in American history. This was a long waited day when Martin Luther king could speak the truth and stand up for his people. He wanted freedom and justice for Black people. He had equal time with the speech and its delivery. Martin Luther King presented his speech in the way where he made all of his points clear and understandable to the audience. Martin Luther King referred back to Declaration of Independence telling people that it clearly states that we are all equal no matter what color , race , and ethnicity we are. We have …show more content…

The Civil Right speaker did not use any jargon while deleting his speech; he had a clear idea about what he wanted to speak about and he accomplished his goal. Dr. King did not use any slang but he used other rhetorical devises like : allusion for example, “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” hyperbole,”I have a dream that every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight…” etc. The speaker has used connectives in his speech. The tapes of connectives that the used were; signposts for example, “ I have a dream,”t transition and an example of that would be when he transition from speaking about the country as a whole to speaking about one group of people specifically which were Black people who were fighting for their rights. An internal summary example would be when Martin Luther King was speaking about the freedom and justice for Black