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    by‚"I Have A Dream " speech for African Americans given by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. . Giving great emotion in a new positive perpective ‚ not only giving hope for a chance of unity between african americans but also revealing a message for revolution and peace. Making sure king’s message for a better future and justice for his own kind and others a well‚ was fully understood and heard‚ king used many illusions to historical documents ‚ drawing emotion from all of his listeners. Martin Luther King

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    Martin Luther King spoke with great passion in his famous “I Have a Dreamspeech. Without a doubt he really connected with his audience as well. He knew exactly how to get his audience attention. Now granted‚ at that time of year someone had to step up and say that enough is enough. MLK was that man. To me‚ I believe it was easy for MLK to grab his audience attention. Think about‚ if MLK were to say let’s go ahead and retaliate against the white people‚ every Negro would cling onto his words

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    "I Have a Dream" is the name of a speech Martin Luther King‚ Jr. gave on several year ago while he was on Washington‚ D.C.. In his speech‚ he spoke of his wish for a better future. His wish was that people of different races could live together peacefully in America without segregation. He spoke of the discrimination that the black man has faced even though they were supposed to be treated equal when the emancipation proclamation was signed. Martin Luther King made an important quote on Abraham

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    Martin Luther King Jr’s "I Have a Dream" speech (1963) was a highly influential and inspiring piece. He believed that all men‚ colored or not‚ were created equal and shall be treated equally. King employs heavy amounts of anaphora and strong pathos in attempts to spread the importance of ending racial discrimination and uniting the country. King used anaphora throughout the course of the speech which puts emphasis on his claim. The most apparent example of anaphora that King incorporated in his

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    In the speechI Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. develops the theme of having hope‚ when there are hard times could help in finding a way to obtaining the goal by using the symbol of a bad check and the allusion to “Free at Last”. King argues about how America has defaulted then afterward mentions that “America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked insufficient funds. But we refused to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.” In other words‚ America started

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    On August 28‚ 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have A Dreamspeech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. His speech is regarded as one of the most influential speeches in the Civil Rights era as it convinced the public to support his ideas. He inspired the people to join him in his fight for equality‚ appealing more towards their emotions to persuade them to join him. Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer in Maycomb‚ Alabama fought for Tom Robinson‚ and convinced people to support him throughout his

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist for African-Americans and a leader of the Civil Rights movement during the 1960’s. He is famously known for his "I have a dream" speech‚ which he delivered during his March on Washington in 1963. In the third paragraph of this well-known speechKing acknowledges the unwavering shadow that still lingers over "the Negro" in society. King’s credibility is impregnable as he has lived through the difficulties that he speaks of and has been witness to them happening

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    On the twenty-eighth August‚ 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ delivered a speech to over a hundred thousand people‚ on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial‚ known by the name “I Have a Dream.” The diction‚ parallelism‚ and syntax used by

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    Martin Luther King Jr’s 1963 “I Have and Dreamspeech is nothing short of inspiring in its message about abolishing racial discrimination. His main goal is to emphasize the racial injustices still present in society and that action should be taken to change it. His main points address the inequalities that Negroes face and how he longs for racial equality. King first begins by informing the audience about the racial inequalities that need to be changed. He then uses repeated clauses such as “I have

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    In the world we have negative events on a daily bases such as: war‚ diseases‚ even death sometimes all of those taunting things are portrayed in the media like the news and social media as a society we can not help of being scared of the unknown. This is called national fear which means is when a nation is threatened about a cause. In the Inaugural AddressJohn F.Kennedy was facing issues for citizens to fight for people’s rights and for people to be treated with respect no matter what race or

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