In Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech, King makes use of an innumerable amount of rhetorical devices that augment the overall understanding and flow of the speech. King makes the audience feel an immense amount of emotion due to the outstanding use of pathos in his speech. King also generates a vast use of rhetorical devices including allusion, anaphora, and antithesis. The way that King conducted his speech adds to the comprehension and gives the effect that he wants to rise above the injustices of racism and segregation that so many people are subjected to on a daily basis. Throughout King’s speech, he uses the rhetorical mode, pathos, to give the audience an ambience of strong emotions such as sympathy. For example, whites had sympathy for African Americans and parents had sympathy for their children. The way that King tells his speech takes the focus off of race and reestablishes it on the aspiration of a world without racism. “…by making his audience no longer hate Negroes and instead hate racism and wish for a new, better world…” (L., Anson). Dr. King made the audience sympathize with African Americans, helping the audience realize that racist people and bias ideas caused the true dilemma of discrimination. Through making the audience realize this, he also gave them hope for a world reborn without racism, without segregation, without discrimination, and without hate. King wanted his children to live in a world without judgment of race, but with the consideration of personality, for nobody should not endure judgment because of the way that they look. He spoke of his own children, which introduced a reinforced emotional attachment to the audience; this gave many parents a scenario to relate to because no parent wants ... ... middle of paper ... ...s speech made an immense impact on the injustices of segregation and discrimination against people. Works Cited Bates, Claire. "Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech: What does it tell us about him?." BBC. BBC History, 23 Aug. 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. . "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.." NAACP. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Web. 20 Nov. 2013. . King, Martin L. "I Have a Dream." archives. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration , Web. 21 Nov. 2013. . L., Anson. "Rhetorical Analysis of the "I Have a Dream" Speech." Teenink. Emerson Media, Web. 20 Nov. 2013. .
On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King made his famous “I Have a dream” speech on the Lincoln Memorial after the March on Washington. He delivered this speech to millions of people blacks and whites. This is one of the greatest speeches because it has many elements like pathos, logos, ethos, repetition, assonance, and consonance.
King met society with the civil rights movement and with his famous I have dream speech. King showed “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation”. In the opening of King's speech he uses metaphors to compare the promises of freedom made in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the failure of these documents to procure the freedoms for all.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. “I Have a Dream.” Current Issues and Enduring Questions. Ed. Adam Whitehurst. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2014. 687-690. Print.
During the 1960s inequality was a major problem in the United States. One advocate for making things right was Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King organized many marches, sit-ins, and boycotting events. But one of Dr. King’s greatest and memorable works has to be the “I Have a Dream” speech. During this speech Dr. King was conveying a message of freedom for all, to 250,000 civil right followers and many more people listening to the radio broadcast. To spread his message Dr. King uses rhetorical appeals like logos to appeal to the reason of his audience, ethos by his examples of practicing what he preached, and his metaphorical language and repetition.
In a period of time where few were willing to listen, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood proudly, gathered and held the attention of over 200,000 people. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was very effective and motivational for African Americans in 1963. Many factors affected Kings’ speech in a very positive manner; the great emotion behind the words, delivering the speech on the steps of the memorial of the President who defeated slavery. And not only was this message beautifully written for the hope of African Americans, but the underlying message for white people, revolution and peace. To stimulate emotion from both parties of his listeners, King used a selection of rhetorical devices such as allusions to historical documents, metaphors, similes, anaphoras and others.
Five decades ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his now famous speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Thousands of people came from across the nation to watch King give his speech. I Have a Dream is a speech that holds a lot of power and emotion. King’s figurative language, diction, and repetition inspired a change in the nation. King’s usage of hyperboles, compare the struggle that African-Americans felt to the battering of nature. He uses metaphors to highlight differing concepts. His speech gets both black and white audiences to realize the true harshness of the segregations that African-Americans faced to that time.
In Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech, “I Have a Dream,” Dr. King addresses the nation in the March on Washington during one of America’s most fragile and dark times. King carries on his shoulders the responsibility of bringing a broken nation back together. He attempts to appeal to his audience of several thousand people through his use of logos, ethos, and pathos. King understands the importance of his opportunity; he needs to capture the attention and grab the heartstrings of his massive audience of people from all walks of life.
On August 28th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous and powerful speech I Have a Dream, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The purpose of his speech was to fight for the civil rights, equality, and to stop the discrimination against African-American people. His use of imagery, repetition, and metaphor in his speech had created an impact with his audience. King used the three rhetorical devices, ethos, pathos and logos to help the audience understand the message of his speech.
The famous speech, “ I Have a Dream”, was held in 1963 by a powerful leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. He was born January 15,1929 the son of an Atlanta Pastor. Martin Luther King Jr. always insisted on nonviolent resistance and always tried to persuade others with his nonviolent beliefs. In 1963, King spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and almost 200,000 people attended his speech. All his listeners were Civil Rights supporters who rallied behind him and the people who watched his appearance on television. King traveled the country making speeches and inspiring people to become involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He organized non violent student sit-ins and fought for the rights of the black population.
L., Anson. “Rhetorical Analysis of the ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech.” Teen Ink. Emerson Media,
King, Martin L., Jr. "I Have a Dream." Archives.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
In the speech “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr., rhetorical devices explain and emphasize the point he is trying to get across. He uses the rhetorical devices repetition, rhetorical question, metaphor, and hyperbole. All of these collectively help make the speech connect widely to all citizens, and exaggerate the importance of King’s thoughts. This speech is known for its use of rhetoric devices, which can show us how the use of them affect the people listening to the speech. The use of rhetorical devices in Dr. Kings’ speech provide a clear indication of the point, and allow the speech to have an effect that emphasizes and exaggerates the importance, without losing focus of its’ peers.
On August 28th, 1963, Dr.Martin Luther King Jr would address the American public with his notorious speech, "I have a Dream". Since then those three words " I have a dream ", has became one of the most recognizable quotes or lines in American history, though there was a lot more to King's speech than him just having a dream. Going beyond King's dream, King's speech featured the articulate utilization of rhetorical devices and literary terms, these said devices and terms were used to help exhibit the ongoing racial civil issues of the middle/late 1900s. These devices and terms crafted King's speech articulately, to help King shine light on the lack of African American's rights and equality during this time, while also making King's speech what it is today, a very inspirational and touching speech.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is one of the most persuasive and respected speeches of the 20th century. King not only comments on notorious topics but powerfully expresses his opinion without being rude. King's group appeal as a public speaker, civil rights activist, and human being is credited to his distinctive way of permitting people through communication. Martin Luther King Jr. uses an audience-centered approach in his speech because he successfully utilizes rhetorical devices and communication methods to make his message understandable. One useful rhetorical device that King uses to highlight vital points in his speech is metaphors. Some of King's strongest ones are his references toward prejudice: "the quicksands
I Have a Dream was a speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. This speech was delivered on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The speech was intended for the 250,000 civil rights supporters that attended. The speech addressed the topic of equality for the African Americans and the White people. The purpose of the speech was to address the issues of segregation and racism as a whole. King speaks about the issues of racism and segregation in America during the 1960’s. He encourages the use of non-violent protests and to fight for equality to help America solve the issue.