Rhetorical Analysis of the I Have a Dream Speech Essay

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    their speeches, being Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Lecture, promoted peace and unification in two blatantly diverse manners. Audience, context, purpose and devices each play roles in altering how previously mentioned peacemakers voiced their most famed speeches. One of the most prominent differences between these two speeches is the audience to which the speeches were presented. Dr. King’s speech was given to a crowd of around 250,000…

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “Remark on the Assassination of MLK JR On April 4, 1968, an American Politician named Robert F. Kennedy gave an important speech to the United States about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Indianapolis, IN to try to convince the people to not become violent, feel hatred, and get revenge over his assassin especially the black people, who wanted revenge over the white man that killed Martin Luther King, Jame Earl Ray. In this speech politician Kennedy…

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    getting treated. King still gets through it all. He’s also and strong leader who fought for his race and to help end segregation by participating in speeches and developing equality for all individuals that have been mistreated in the Civil Rights movement. He was a great person to have in life. The speech related to his sympathies of wanting his kids to be treated fairly, regardless of the color of their skin, wanting to secure the safety of his family, and help modernize the open-minded way we…

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “I Have a Dream” African-American civil-rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., once addressed the harsh reality of unjust black treatment in his speech, “I Have a Dream.” King’s purpose is to empower the minority group, African-Americans, into fighting for equal treatment. He adopts a powerfully influential tone in order to motivate those of his race into taking peaceful action towards a righteous change. To start off his speech, King displays his character and…

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    Speech Analysis Two score and twelve years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a large movement that affects people even now. He led the 1960’s civil rights movement, one of his largest contributions being the March on Washington. In 1963 Dr. King gave a powerful speech gaining support from many African Americans who were not already a part of the civil rights movement. He spoke of the hardships and injustices African Americans faced. He explained that not all blacks who were freed are treated…

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    Barrack Obama’s compelling speech “A More Perfect Union” given during his candidacy, much of this speech has become a notable moment during Obama’s run for presidency and America at the time. Through rhetorical analysis it can be seen that in preparation during the time it was written, Obama’s writing techniques used in expressing what he wanted to speak on were done with precision and intent on how his speech would be put together. In Obama 's speech elements of rhetorical framework are…

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    On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most iconic speech in the history of Black American Civil Rights. On August 28th, 1963 King led the March on Washington. With over hundred thousands of people King started off by reiterating the Gettysburg Address. Then leading into his dream about America and the place he would want to raise his kids in. The Civil Rights Movement was a large part of King’s life, and ultimately leading the face of the…

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    we learned about many rhetorical strategies such as simile, repetition, and metaphor. Using this information we are able to understand the purposes the historical articles better. One of the speeches we analyzed was “I Have a Dream” from Martin Luther King. In the second paragraph of this speech, King states, “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” I identified this sentence as the rhetorical strategy of…

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    Rhetorical Analysis In Oslo on December tenth, 2014, Malala Yousafzai gave a Nobel Lecture as the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Her speech brings to attention children all over the world who do not have access to education and calls on leaders to help fix this issue. She says, “It is time to take action...so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education” (“Malala”). Yousafzai uses rhetorical techniques, including logos, ethos, pathos, figurative language…

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    January 20, 1961. In this inaugural speech, he called for a spirit of sacrifice and determination to deal with many of the current challenges. He focused on international affairs in his speech and also called on Americans to assume more obligations, make a greater sacrifice. Throughout the speech is compressed into 52 sentences, less than 1400 words, because Kennedy's wonderful speech won the applause. Kennedy had great powers of utterance. This is a very successful speech. Kennedy's inaugural…

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