Diction In I Have A Dream Speech

In Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech (1963) "I Have a Dream," brings an up–roaring excitement to his audience, African–Americans, which fills their hearts. He employ's cases of diction and parallelism, telling everyone that he wants African–Americans to be truly free. This turned the tides for African–Americans in the United States, filling them with enthusiasm and the yearning for change. In this speech, King utilizes diction throughout, such as "we," "America" and "free." Words like "we," and "America" in the same sentences and same speech, gives everyone, African–Americans, the feeling of being equal and they deserve to have the same rights. Thus giving hope to everyone that they will, one day, be equal in everyway and have the same unalienable

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The Power In Words

Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech and President John F. Kennedy's "Inaugural Address" both had a great effect on the Americans they addressed in the 1960's and still have an effect on Americans today. In the 1960's African Americans were fighting for their freedom and these speeches were both given during this time period. King and Kennedy both speak with such a power it cannot be ignored, however, they speak to different audiences, and appeal to the people using different strategies. How can two men have such an impact on a group of people? Both Kennedy and King were men that many people looked up to because they were leaders and stood up for what they believed in. They did not let others have a say in what...show more content...

Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. made a big difference in the world by giving these two unforgettable speeches. They show both the ways that they are alike and ways that they are different. Just imagine being in the audience while both these speeches were given. You would be able to feel the intensity in the words that they spoke and the emotion that was hidden in each breath that they took. King and Kennedy may have been speaking to two different groups of people and making two completely different points, but the influence that they both have will always be the

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Martin Luther King – I have a dream

The speech I am going to analyse is called "I have a dream". The speech is written by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid–1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.

Martin Luther King wrote the speech on the occasion of the centenary of the Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation. The speech was not only written for the African–American population, but also the Caucasian population of America. The purpose of the speech was to enlighten people about a brighter future without racism and segregation. The speech was highly based on how cruel racism and segregation was.

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The speech was a major turning point in American history and represented a solid stand for equal rights. He spoke out to confront the problems of racism in the nation. As he proclaimed that this speech was not the ending, but a remarkable beginning of the fight for equal rights of everyone. King ends his speech with the following sentence "When all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing," "Free at last! Free at last!" "Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

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By Martin Luther King

In 1868 and 1870, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were created, respectively. Both highlighted a momentous moment in the advancement of racial equality. Equality was established for the newly emancipated slaves. Over the last 150 years, America has been slowly advancing toward racial equality. With the election of Barack Obama in 2008, another historic change had come about. The first black male was elected president. Despite these advancements in racial equality, many Americans still remain staunch racists and maintain the mindset of superiority to blacks. Injustice is still apparent since blacks are targeted on a daily basis. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" revealed these everyday social discriminations, as he projected his dream of a society that truly exemplified the Founding Fathers' beliefs that all men are created equal and have the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Without a doubt, racial equality has improved, but many Americans still believerace is a prominent issue in the United States because of the everyday injustices towards blacks, the criminal justice system, and their economic and educational disparities.

Martin Luther King's vision of a better society built upon equality is still far from fulfilled. A 2013 poll from the Pew Research Center highlighted the black's (horrible?) situation, as only 26% of black people believed America is better today than five years ago, in contrast to 2009, where 39% of Get more content

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The speech delivered by Martin Luther King Junior "I have Dream" depicts the hope of all Black Americans who were suffering from racial discrimination for many years. This very speech fosters to aware million of Americans for justice and integrated society where freedom can be embraced by every individual. It has amalgamated the intellectual and emotional aspects to seek equality in America. The key fact about the speech is the repetition of few words throughout the speech to emphasize the power of such words. Here, the word "freedom" has been used more than fifteen times because the key notion of the speech is to provide freedom. Also, there are few words that draw attention to belongingness, hopes and dreams which have been used many times to focus on primary theme of the speech. The approach of harmony and love is also the theme of the speech for a reason that the word "we" has been...show more content...

The British Library has implemented the "Equality and Diversity Policies" to provide equal opportunities for all the people in the working environment. British Library has also used different English languages, but the core difference between the two text is the former providing due importance to the aspect of emotional and spiritual languages. The second text uses standard languages set by the legislation in the structured format. The use of vocabulary is also a different in both given texts and there is different use of syntax, genre, and context. However, it can be seen that the aim of both texts is to provide equality and justice to the people. In text 1, the justice and equal opportunity are targeted to the Black Americans known as salves by White Americans whereas, in text 2, the equality is provided to employees for the better work

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I.Introduction–lead in & background:

A."I say to you today, my friends, though, even though we face the difficulties today and tomorrow, I still have a dream." This is one of the many lines in the "I Have A Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. this particular speech as been on top of the list of greatest speeches of all time.

B.Martin Luther King, Jr. gave this speech over segregation and racism in theUnited States on August 28, 1963.

C.He was a civil rights activist, he was giving this speech to the U.S. people to try and stop racism.

D.In the "I Have A Dream" speech there is so much construction to the speech, a great amount of ethos, pathos and logos is used to make this racism speech what it was and so effective. Tying those...show more content...

Ethos, which is ethics, is used very well in this speech. Ethos has to do with the spirit of a culture, the atmosphere. He gave it on the steps of the Lincoln memorial so he used Lincoln in his speech by saying, "Five score years ago..."

1."Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation proclamation"

2.Using something as powerful as relating back to Lincoln effected the speech greatly. Lincoln was such a powerful speaker and president who affected the people throughout the civil war, he gained the people's trust in America and empowered them to do what is right, and that's exactly what Martin Luther King wanted to do and did do in his speech.

3.Ethos is one of the three rhetoric devices there is also pathos, and logos and all three are used in this speech.

B.Pathos, which is emotion, there is a huge amount of emotion used throughout this speech, not only in the lines he used but in his voice and in his words, and the meaning behind all of it.

1.The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see together."

2.Dr. King is using the bible and this line to show the emotion behind it, to try and connect with the audience. He is trying to tell them that we the people need to become as one and not

The Message of Martin Luther King Lives On "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character; I have a dream today."–Martin Luther King Jr. About 51 years ago, in August of 1963, Martin Luther King amazed America with his memorable seventeen minute, "I Have a Dream" speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was a South American Civil Rights leader and a preacher best known for his speech to end segregation and racial injustices towards Blacks. He truly had a vision and brought his vision to the people in in order to bring a peaceful resolution to these injustices. The speech was delivered on the steps of the Lincoln...show more content...

All Martin Luther King wanted was to be free like the white people. He wanted to send a message for all African Americans to be united with the whites to end segregation, making this an issue that belonged to everyone. "Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children," from Martin Luther King is to show that he is referencing his speech to all people. Martin Luther King addressed it to about 200,000 to 300,000 civil rights supporters. With his use of many rhetorical devices, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is considered to be one of the greatest American speeches because of his ability to reach a wide audience by relaying hope and gaining sympathy at the same time. The speech had an immense impact because it illustrated the problems of racism of the time and provoked the wide audience into feeling sympathy while providing hope to the depressed African Americans. "The massive impact was due to the tense social mood and conditions at the time" (Chai Wan). He was a great leader who fought for what he wanted such as true freedom, civil rights and an end of racism. Martin Luther King hoped to obtain his