Martin Luther King Jr: I Have a Dream Speech Critique 
"I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH CRITIQUE"
This speech took place on August 28, 1963 millions of citizens, children, law and policy makers attended while 250,000 watched on TV as a Baptist Preacher ,a Boston University Graduate Dr, Martin Luther King stood behind a podium. He established an immediate rapport with an ever changing audience and communicated on a meaningful level, by appealing to moral conscience of Americans standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He gave the rhetorical demands that racial justice no longer shall people be divided by race or religion. Although at the time it wasn't the case, it was a future vision that " all people are created equal" ( M.L.K.) The central Idea or purpose of his speech was and is to still educate, motivate, and persuade everyone to do away with segeration between whites and blacks one race to another.In preparing the speech King studied the Bible, Gettysburg Address, and the Declaration of Independence which he alludes all three in his speech. He was already a known Reveron so it was natural for the tone to sound little church sermon yet descriptive. He had competence, character which made people listen. He had Initial, derived, and terminal Credibility. He reasoned from principal, casual and analogical reasoning having Biblical references and literary illusions. King began to captivate his audience a Kings speech was really organized in problem solving order. persuading us to get rid of segregation.He does this by starting his speech with painting a visual picture .The opening of his speech starts with the metaphor " Five score, Years ago, a great American". Through out the speech King states other metaphors, "segregation to manacles, a bad check to what is rightfully theirs, racial injustice to quick sand, vast ocean to material prosperity".(M.L.K.) Some of the smooth flowing transition statements that were used when King was changing topics to talk about were. " Once the equality is practiced "and "Now
This speech took place on August 28, 1963 millions of citizens, children, law and policy makers attended while 250,000 watched on TV as a Baptist Preacher ,a Boston University Graduate Dr, Martin Luther King stood behind a podium. He established an immediate rapport with an ever changing audience and communicated on a meaningful level, by appealing to moral conscience of Americans standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He gave the rhetorical demands that racial justice no longer shall people be divided by race or religion. Although at the time it wasn't the case, it was a future vision that " all people are created equal" ( M.L.K.) The central Idea or purpose of his speech was and is to still educate, motivate, and persuade everyone to do away with segeration between whites and blacks one race to another.In preparing the speech King studied the Bible, Gettysburg Address, and the Declaration of Independence which he alludes all three in his speech. He was already a known Reveron so it was natural for the tone to sound little church sermon yet descriptive. He had competence, character which made people listen. He had Initial, derived, and terminal Credibility. He reasoned from principal, casual and analogical reasoning having Biblical references and literary illusions. King began to captivate his audience a Kings speech was really organized in problem solving order. persuading us to get rid of segregation.He does this by starting his speech with painting a visual picture .The opening of his speech starts with the metaphor " Five score, Years ago, a great American". Through out the speech King states other metaphors, "segregation to manacles, a bad check to what is rightfully theirs, racial injustice to quick sand, vast ocean to material prosperity".(M.L.K.) Some of the smooth flowing transition statements that were used when King was changing topics to talk about were. " Once the equality is practiced "and "Now