Dr.Martin Luther King Jr in his speech "I have a dream uses powerful rhetorical devices. One main device he uses is parallelism in his speech. anaphora, alliteration. and pathos was used in order to empower his speech, for him to be able to get his point across to the people. Within his argument, he was aiming to touch the heard of people's hearts.
First off parallelism is shown throughout the speech as he repeats his ideas. By using "Let freedom ring from the snow capped Rockies of Colorado; Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!", he uses anaphora within his speech to constantly repeat, let it ring. Let it ring is used a lot in order to show his point …show more content…
One of his most important quotes, "This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning." represents a new thought for the people, about how we are all made from the same God, we are all the children of God, and we are all brothers and sisters and that we should stop arguing, because why would you want to argue and fight and segregate away from your own brothers and sisters. King continues to create connections with his listeners in order to strike their heart. King proceeds to continue trying to convince the listeners with another strong quote he said,"I have a dream that my four 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.". This quote strikes closer to home of the parents that are listening, he brings together the idea of children being happy and connecting with each other without segregation. Kings also makes sure that it sparks the idea that there are innocent children should be treated just, and that no child deserves to grow up in that terrible kind of environment. He then proceeds to make the parents in the crowd understand his struggles and make it so they can think of that kind of
First off parallelism is shown throughout the speech as he repeats his ideas. By using "Let freedom ring from the snow capped Rockies of Colorado; Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!", he uses anaphora within his speech to constantly repeat, let it ring. Let it ring is used a lot in order to show his point …show more content…
One of his most important quotes, "This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning." represents a new thought for the people, about how we are all made from the same God, we are all the children of God, and we are all brothers and sisters and that we should stop arguing, because why would you want to argue and fight and segregate away from your own brothers and sisters. King continues to create connections with his listeners in order to strike their heart. King proceeds to continue trying to convince the listeners with another strong quote he said,"I have a dream that my four 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.". This quote strikes closer to home of the parents that are listening, he brings together the idea of children being happy and connecting with each other without segregation. Kings also makes sure that it sparks the idea that there are innocent children should be treated just, and that no child deserves to grow up in that terrible kind of environment. He then proceeds to make the parents in the crowd understand his struggles and make it so they can think of that kind of