How Did Martin Luther King Jr Use Rhetoric Lincoln

“Five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation proclamation.” “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to proposition that all men are created equal.” The first quote was written by Martin Luther King Jr., and the second quote was written by Abraham Lincoln. They both use rhetoric in their speeches such as amplification. This paper will discuss how both of the writers uses rhetoric.

lincoln's purpose was different because he wanted to get people to fight for the north. “It is rather for us, the living, to stand here, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us.” This example uses words like dedicated and great to persuade the reader. The word dedicated persuade the reader because the word told the audience the people who honor and fought for this country. The word great persuade the reader by telling the audience a purpose for the war was.
“But one hundred years later, The negro still is not free. One hundred years later, The life of the negro is sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” This example uses words like crippled and segregation to convince the reader that they are still not free. The word crippled convinces the reader that they can't move on because of their race. The word segregation convinces the reader by people would not put together the races. In both speeches Lincoln and Martin Luther King uses rhetorical devices. They use them because they want to put emotions in their speeches. The emotions will put the audience in a good or bad mood. Both skilled writers uses rhetorical devices to write about their nation. Both of the speeches also gave reason why they were writing about