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Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King Jr Speech

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Dr. Martin Luther King was well known for his powerful words and moving speeches. Although this isn’t one of his most popular speeches, he raises the subject of how America tries to take away Vietnam’s rights. In this speech “Beyond Vietnam,” Dr. King emphasizes how America’s association with the war was completely unjustified by revealing to the audience how America engages in a war they are not part of, hurting and doing plenty of damage in the process. King achieves this by employing irony, rhetorical questions, and precedent to persuade his audience how horrible it was for America to participate in the war. In King’s speech, he utilizes irony to support what unjust actions America has done to Vietnam. King employs irony when stating how
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