MLK-Speech

MLK's intended audience through his speech " I have a dream" are the African- American community but more specifically those that are living through oppression, suffering from segregation and discrimination, and whom are living in poverty. MLK tries to persuade the African American Community to continue to fight even if the nation goes into turmoil and to only stop fighting once the black society has gained racial equality and justice. In addition, MLK tries to  spread hope to his fellow African - Americans by intensifying their frustration and anger to provide a sense of empowerment, in the hopes of advocating and creating change in the American Society.

MLK often uses metaphors and anaphoras to enrich his persuasion. His expressive choice of phrases such as " chains of discrimination" and "let freedom ring" are examples of rhetorical devices which were used throughout this speech. His style directly correlates to the racial tensions which occurred in his time thus it provided more of an appeal for the African-American community to unite against their common struggle.

Comments

  1. Alyssa Dahdal25 November 2017 at 18:35

    I really liked your analysis and how you used very good terminology, and your effective analysis of his chosen rhetoric devices. To make it even better, when you state an argument try to go into further detail when supporting it.

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  2. Unknown25 November 2017 at 20:54

    I like that you described the use of his stylistic structures mentioning the rhetorical devices. I would like to see you go more depth about the structural aspect of his speech, so far you mentioned the use of his stylistic features. Overall a really good short commentary.

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  3. Anonymous26 November 2017 at 09:08

    This shows a really good understanding of the speech. Also your thesis sentence is really concise and you show the purpose of this speech as well as the audience MLK referred to. The use of the stylistic features are correct but there is a lack of the structure of the piece. In general good job.

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  4. Unknown26 November 2017 at 09:58

    This was a great start to our MLK passage. I just wanted to add on that King delivered his speech for the equality for both African Americans and the whites. Also, when you gave the examples of the rhetorical devices from the text, you can also say what device it is and the effect of it on the audience. Otherwise, you portray a good understanding of MLK's speech.

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