I Have A Dream Rhetorical Analysis

Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” is mostly known speech that exhibits the genuine power of the rhetoric and the effect it can have on the American’s living in the United States. In the year 1963, the speech was written and presented by Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. In this speech, he uses the different metaphors, facts, rhetorical strategies and expresses ethos, logos, and pathos helped his fellowmen deeply understand the purpose of the message. Even more important this speech is towards the African- American living in the United States of America. Being an American Baptist minister and activist, King’s speech reflects message thinking the bright future for American life dream “[h]as defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens

depends profoundly on pathos and ethos to express his message of equality. He mentions to the Emancipation Proclamation in gaining trustworthiness to his speech: “[f]ive score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” By referencing the authority of Abraham Lincoln in his speech, he started a trust and common field with the audience. Also, he uses the Declaration of Independence to appeal to his audience by strengthening demonstration that the government has not satisfied with its agreement. These illustrations add the very strong use of diction that creates a logical and emotional appeal to the audience. Meanwhile, the message conveys ethos as a speaker more strikingly, pathos to evoke an emotional response from the audience by appealing to their emotions, fears, and passions. By using a reference to historical leaders and documents, he reminds the audience of the past and strengthens his argument the time for change was long overdue. Restating the phrases King brings the speech to a great picture and consent the audience utterly motivated. The positive diction using words uplifts the audience to influence. Moreover, appealing logos across his use of equivalences: “[A]merica has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’’ Such relation uses judgment reasoning to appeal the basic concept of money and the annoyance of