Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King's Speech During The Great March Of Washington

Imagine a lovely day at the Lincoln Memorial with tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands more watching on television listening to an African American man.The man is Martin Luther King JR. known to have Ph.D in Theology,Nobel Prize winner, and one of the most influential civil rights leaders of all time.Dr.King delivered a speech on August 28th 1963 at Lincoln Memorial to speak about the limited economic rights for African American and to end racism in the United States. This happened during the Great March of Washington, Dr.King was credited with helping pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act.Dr.King's speech shows illustration, metaphors,and strong emotions.While the speech is widely known and celebrated for its powerful messages of hope,equality and justice, there are many important

Dr.King uses powerful exigence through inspiring and motivate and audience, uses diction through powerful and carefully chosen diction in his speech to evoke strong emotions in his audience and target key ideas, and uses anecdotes to illustrate the ongoing struggle for civil rights and racial equality making his message more relatable and persuasive to his audience Dr.King is a powerful example of how a skilled speaker can use exigence to inspire and motivate an audience towards change.Martin Luther King “I have a dream” speech, he says these powerful demanding words but demands in a passive way. Dr.King says,“But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.”(King Paragraph 6) Dr.King spoke the words to his community and also to the nation.The tone of his voice