The excerpt from "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are both speeches that signify the truth and ideas behind racial injustice by using different types and forms of persuasion. The excerpt from "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee takes pace in a courtroom where a white lawyer, Atticus, is defending an innocent African-American man who was charged of rape. Atticus makes a speech to the jury and audience about how race has been an issue for our country for generations, and how if African-American men are only created equal in one place, let it be the courtroom. In "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. he discusses the current and past issues facing the country about racial
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is also a speech made using the rhetoric pathos, the emotion rhetoric. King uses repetition, allusion, and similes to help justify and support his claims. In paragraph 13 of King's speech, he says, "No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'" This is an example of a simile that is comparing justice to rolling waters, and righteousness to a mighty stream. He uses these to help develop his ideas of racial injustice because he is showing that they won't be satisfied until justice is present is its highest form and righteousness is used in all places of society. In paragraph 4, he addresses the Constitution and Declaration of Independence when he says, “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.” He uses this allusion to address that in the past, men signed a document which all men and women were to fall under and follow the rules and laws for. This means that when it says that all men are created equal, he is referring to the African-Americans as well. Another rhetorical device he uses to help connect with the audience is repetition. One example of this is when he says, “Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies …show more content…
This is not true because King uses many well explained examples of allusion, metaphor, simile, repetition and more to help explain his ideas and argument. Another reason that Kings article is more effective in connecting to the audience is that he uses examples and relates to them on a personal level, unlike
is also a speech made using the rhetoric pathos, the emotion rhetoric. King uses repetition, allusion, and similes to help justify and support his claims. In paragraph 13 of King's speech, he says, "No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until 'justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'" This is an example of a simile that is comparing justice to rolling waters, and righteousness to a mighty stream. He uses these to help develop his ideas of racial injustice because he is showing that they won't be satisfied until justice is present is its highest form and righteousness is used in all places of society. In paragraph 4, he addresses the Constitution and Declaration of Independence when he says, “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.” He uses this allusion to address that in the past, men signed a document which all men and women were to fall under and follow the rules and laws for. This means that when it says that all men are created equal, he is referring to the African-Americans as well. Another rhetorical device he uses to help connect with the audience is repetition. One example of this is when he says, “Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies …show more content…
This is not true because King uses many well explained examples of allusion, metaphor, simile, repetition and more to help explain his ideas and argument. Another reason that Kings article is more effective in connecting to the audience is that he uses examples and relates to them on a personal level, unlike