It is imperative that young men and women are exposed to qualified leaders. These role models are wise with their words, and whimsical when delivering their message. Among other great characteristics, a leader must know how to verbally drive a crowd, this individual should be inspirational, compassionate, captivating, and Dr. King was a prime example. In presenting a great speech known as "What is Your Life's Blueprint" to the students of Barratt Junior High School, the Reverend understood how to use language effectively when crafting his charismatic tone. Through numerous strategies, Martin Luther King successfully demonstrated the art of rhetoric, which made his presentation exceptional. It was on October 26th, 1967, where the reverend …show more content…
delivered a message that would transform the lives of many. First and foremost, the use of metaphors throughout Dr.
Kings speech showed to be an extremely effective rhetorical strategy. In order for one to fully grasp his various claims, Dr. King symbolized his ideas through everyday objects and life structures such as "buildings" and "doors." Although these structures are simple and concrete, they have abstract meanings associated with them. According to the passage the reverend asserts "Now each of you is in the process of building the structure of your lives, and the question is whether you have a proper, a solid and a sound blueprint." Dr. King also emphasizes another symbol when he pronounces "And I say to you, my young friends, doors are opening to you - doors of opportunities that were not open to your mothers and your fathers-" To put in other words, Reverend King acknowledges the symbolic value of his comparisons, and this is why his use of metaphors are so effective because the audience can understand his message through these rhetorical …show more content…
devices. In addition, Martin Luther King develops an encouraging, charismatic, and demanding tone with his use of anaphoras and alliteration.
To enumerate, these devices can all be considered forms of hortatory language the way they all contribute to King's reassuring voice. When concluding his verbal presentation, the Reverend motivated the High School Students to excel in whichever career they chose to partake in. The passage reveals his driving voice where he suggests "If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music, sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera..." That is to say, it is clear that Dr.King used repetition to add positive aggression throughout his speech; this tone would inspire these students to change the world in their "various fields of endeavor." Likewise, the use of alliteration also helps to establish a credible voice. The speech is wrapped up with "If you can't be the sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are." Alliteration adds rhythm to a work of literature, and it is no doubt that the students of Barratt High were drastically impacted by a man who would flow smoothly between his
words. All in all, the short speech of "What Is Your Life's Blueprint" is a perfect demonstration of alluring young minds with humble words through rhetorical language. Martin Luther King successfully understood the art of rhetoric, and for that, he was able to draw the spirit of any crowd directly towards his attention. Aside from all his other strategies, he even used religious imagery with phrases such as "set out to do it as if God Almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it." When listening to such a speech, one would imagine a light shining on oneself from up above, as if an important mission has been assigned from a divine source. If words can make one feel this way, it would be no surprise that this individual would be bought upon an epiphany, a realization about the power of language. Words can transform lives, words can prevent wars, and words can create a vision of optimism for those who view the world negatively. After all, as Edward Bulwer-Lytton once said, "The pen is mightier than the sword."
Martin Luther King Jr. uses many rhetorical devices to make his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” a masterpiece. He uses ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the Clergymen in a credible and trustworthy manner, appealing to the logic and reasoning behind his arguments, and to appeal the Clergymen's emotions. King uses other rhetorical devices that support his appeal to ethos, logos, and pathos that add effects to the letter. Other devices he uses include: allusions, parallelism, illness and health contrast, irony, imagery, anaphora, and personification. He creates a complex writing that respectfully, but critically corrects the Clergymen's statements from their letter to King entitled “Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen”.
King had gained respect from some audience because of his soft tone. He established his ethos to readers, especially to the white, by saying, “I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state” (King, Martin Luther, Jr.). To connect his idea to the real world, he used the image of Apostle Paul left the village to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ as it’s his duty to carry the gospel of freedom beyond his hometown.
Dr. King’s speech starts off with a very strong and well calculated use of logos. He starts his speech with a historical background of African Americans situations in America. He enlightens the audience that 100 years earlier Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which gave all the slaves their freedom. Then after that statement he says that 100 years later African Americans are still not free. Yes, they are no longer sl...
Civil Rights activist and Baptist minister Dr. Martin Luther Kind Jr. once gave a speech to Barrat Junior High Students: a speech they will likely never forget. In,"What is Your Life's Blueprint?", Dr. King hopes to inspire the youth of that school by urging them to be the best that they can be with an extremely sympathetic and zealous tone. He supports his argument with a varied use of juxtaposition, parallelism, anaphora, and extended metaphor to name a few.
King uses numerous biblical allusions to resonate with his clergymen audience and to make them realize that they were condemning a righteous movement. The vivid language in metaphors captures emotion and expands understanding. Mr. King was able to do anything to end the injustice in Birmingham and his commitment was shown in his tone.
Dr. King is an emotional, inspiring, and strong speaker. His " I Have A Dream" speech tugs a deep root war of emotions in every American’s heart; therefore, this speech is the perfect display of pathos. Even though pathos overwhelm logo and ethos, they are also very much present in his speech. On August 28, 1963 Dr. King made his way to Washington Mall from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial to deliver his speech to his fellow Americans. Dr. King commands his speech during an ironic time in American history.
In Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech, King makes use of an innumerable amount of rhetorical devices that augment the overall understanding and flow of the speech. King makes the audience feel an immense amount of emotion due to the outstanding use of pathos in his speech. King also generates a vast use of rhetorical devices including allusion, anaphora, and antithesis. The way that King conducted his speech adds to the comprehension and gives the effect that he wants to rise above the injustices of racism and segregation that so many people are subjected to on a daily basis.
On August 28th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous and powerful speech I Have a Dream, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The purpose of his speech was to fight for the civil rights, equality, and to stop the discrimination against African-American people. His use of imagery, repetition, and metaphor in his speech had created an impact with his audience. King used the three rhetorical devices, ethos, pathos and logos to help the audience understand the message of his speech.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most important voices of America, who used non-violent methods to fight for freedom and equality for all in his nation. On August 28th, 1969, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., King delivered his most iconic speech “I Have a Dream.” In this speech, repetition, ethos, pathos, and logos are used to persuade the audience about the importance of the Civil Rights Movement. To create the greatest demonstration for freedom, he used these literary devices to “dramatize a shameful condition” (“I Have a Dream”). Although his life was taken away, his legacy continues to live on today.
Dr. King uses ethos, logos, and pathos effectively throughout his letter to address a large audience. He intertwines the three rhetorical strategies seamlessly to support his argument. Although Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has his critics in the clergy who argue against his civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, he effectively uses all three types of rhetorical strategies to effective persuade his critics by explaining why his actions are just and timely in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial more than two score years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King electrified America with his momentous "I Have a Dream" speech. Aimed at the entire nation, King’s main purpose in this speech was to convince his audience to demand racial justice towards the mistreated African Americans and to stand up together for the rights afforded to all under the Constitution. To further convey this purpose more effectively, King cleverly makes use of the rhetorical devices — ethos, pathos and logos — using figurative language such as metaphors and repetition as well as various other techniques e.g. organization, parallel construction and choice of title.
Martin Luther King, Jr. wants to be the spokesperson of the African American community in the United States of America. His intention is to prove his opponents he has sufficient authority to promote the civil rights cause on behalf of his community. The first example that illustrates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s use of this strategy is present in the second paragraph of his letter: "I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference". Thus, he reminds his interlocutors of his position of leadership in the religious community....
On August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech to more than 200,000 people during the March on Washington. King's speech was one of the most influential during the era of the Civil Rights Movement and is to this day recognized as a masterpiece due to its effect on the audience as well as for its eloquence and language. Many components went into this passionate speech that portrayed King's hopes for racial equality and a brighter future made the speech as moving as it was. It is doubtful that any person can guess that this speech was written without forethought regarding what goals King wished to accomplish in this speech. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquent language was perfectly suited to his audience, both his immediate and secondary audience, and his carefully chosen diction helped to shape arguable one of the most touching works ever spoken.
In his speech, King uses different types of rhetorical guidelines. He uses them to show his points in a better and easier way to understand .At the beginning he successfully uses a mythos. A mythos has a deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for the audience. In mentioning the Emancipation Proclamation he shows that our ancestors signed a contract, in which all human beings are created equal, and therefore should be treated in the same way as others. He also visualizes his ideas with visual examples, which everybody can understand. “America has given the black population a bad check, which has come back marked insufficient funds”( I Have a Dream)
provides a series of allusions within the first eight paragraphs in order to display his determination to not only become a better person, but to also discuss characteristics that would promote and further improve the quality of society. King ends each description of historical event with the impact it had on society he would witness such as “[discussing] the great and eternal issues of reality,” “developments around [the Roman Empire], through various emperors and leaders,” and the impact the “Renaissance [had on] cultural and aesthetic life of man.” The same allusions to historical events provide lessons he would take from living in that time period. These allusions help Dr. King Jr. push change in society to his