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Rhetorical Elements Used In Dr. King's I Have A Dream Speech

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One of the most convincing rhetorical elements that Dr. King used in his “I Have a Dream” speech is pathos. Pathos is the idea of using emotion by use of particular words or repetition to persuade an audience. One example of Dr. King using pathos is the repetition of the statement “I Have a Dream” throughout paragraph’s 18-22. Watching and reading the speech, you can notice the emotion going running through the words as it effectively persuades the reader into truly believing that every racial disadvantage can be reformed with the help of their individual selves. Another example of pathos is found in paragraph 14. Dr. King proclaims “We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity
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