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Freedom occurs in the speech about 20 times. He repeats word and phrases in his speech so the audience can come to know what he wants. He repeats the word "I have a dream" so people could understand his main purpose of standing in front of his audience. Words such us "negro", "we", "nation" are repeated to show the audience who is apart of his speech and who he wants to give freedom to. These words also grab the audiences attention because they appear many times in many stages of the speech. It also crates predictability that allows the audience to anticipate what to expect and join
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Martin Luther king uses metaphors such as "Manacles of segregation" and "chains of discrimination". These metaphors give the speech more emphasis and opens up the ears of the audience to make them more involved. In this specific speech many metaphors are used which relate with weather such as "Autumn of freedom and equality". Martin uses the metaphor "thirst for freedom". This shows the audience his demand for freedom. This portrays to the audience that he cannot wait until a day would come were there would be freedom for all. He tries to show us that the same way a vampire would die for blood he would die for freedom.
When Martin Luther King first starts his speech he starts very calmly and slowly using emotive language when he says "I am happy" showing the audience how honored he is to stand in front of thousands of people to show them what he will say on that day was to be written down in history. Many times in the middle of his speech and towards the end he uses paralinguistic features to wake up the audience. He changes the volume of the speech and starts to show stress. Most emphasis in this speech which relate with how the volume of the speech changes towards the end is linked with the phrase "I have a …show more content…
He often says "destiny ", "Tomorrow" , "ahead" and "one day". These words create a picture in the audiences head as he says his speech referring to the future. All of these words symbolize martins imaginary dream in the future . There is a time towards the end of his speech when he says "I have a dream today". This quote is linked with the presence in front of the audience . This shows the audience that he doesn't have till judgment day to live and he wants to see some aspects of his dream come true whilst he is in front of the audience.
In many parts of the speech martin says "we cannot walk alone". This phrase means that he cannot do everything he wishes to accomplish him self. He tries to get support from the audience and tries to say to them that if they want freedom and equality he will need some devotees to score his goal.
To wake up the audience Martin Uses a few rhetorical questions to get the audience to think about a few things in their heads. He says "when will you be satisfied ". In these type of rhetorical questions in his speech he expects fort the audience to present the answer to the question instead of speaking the
Martin Luther king uses metaphors such as "Manacles of segregation" and "chains of discrimination". These metaphors give the speech more emphasis and opens up the ears of the audience to make them more involved. In this specific speech many metaphors are used which relate with weather such as "Autumn of freedom and equality". Martin uses the metaphor "thirst for freedom". This shows the audience his demand for freedom. This portrays to the audience that he cannot wait until a day would come were there would be freedom for all. He tries to show us that the same way a vampire would die for blood he would die for freedom.
When Martin Luther King first starts his speech he starts very calmly and slowly using emotive language when he says "I am happy" showing the audience how honored he is to stand in front of thousands of people to show them what he will say on that day was to be written down in history. Many times in the middle of his speech and towards the end he uses paralinguistic features to wake up the audience. He changes the volume of the speech and starts to show stress. Most emphasis in this speech which relate with how the volume of the speech changes towards the end is linked with the phrase "I have a …show more content…
He often says "destiny ", "Tomorrow" , "ahead" and "one day". These words create a picture in the audiences head as he says his speech referring to the future. All of these words symbolize martins imaginary dream in the future . There is a time towards the end of his speech when he says "I have a dream today". This quote is linked with the presence in front of the audience . This shows the audience that he doesn't have till judgment day to live and he wants to see some aspects of his dream come true whilst he is in front of the audience.
In many parts of the speech martin says "we cannot walk alone". This phrase means that he cannot do everything he wishes to accomplish him self. He tries to get support from the audience and tries to say to them that if they want freedom and equality he will need some devotees to score his goal.
To wake up the audience Martin Uses a few rhetorical questions to get the audience to think about a few things in their heads. He says "when will you be satisfied ". In these type of rhetorical questions in his speech he expects fort the audience to present the answer to the question instead of speaking the