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    speeches. He brought about awareness to the nation and his followers with his speechI Have a Dream‚” delivered on 28 August 1963‚ at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. He connected with his listeners through the rhetorical appeals Karios‚ Telos‚ EthosLogos‚ and Pathos. King’s speech is most remembered because it proved such a crucial step towards the advancement on the civil rights movement. The “I Have a Dreamspeech serves as a prominent piece of historical rhetoric‚ of effective and persuasive

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    they all shared was their ability to truly make the reader feel how they felt and believe what they believed.  This selective group of authors accomplished this by using a variety of persuasive techniques‚ including what Aristotle called “pathos‚” “logos” and “ethos.”  Many writers of the past used these same techniques to create very powerful arguments‚ but never became well known.  This could be due to the heavy racism shown worldwide for at least the last five centuries.  William Shakespeare‚ Lewis

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    very impassioned about this cause‚ Sojourner Truth mainly used ethos and Biblical references in her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech to appeal to her audience based on her character as a woman‚ Harriet Jacobs applied mostly pathos in her raw and first-person narrative Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ and lastly Frederick Douglas utilized primarily logos and political references in his fervent “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech. Each method of persuasion was used to emphasize why every man

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    Food‚ Inc. CRITICAL RESPONSE ESSAY Now that you have watched Robert Kenner’s documentary‚ Food‚ Inc.‚ write a clear‚ well-developed‚ and well-argued essay in which you first summarize the film and then offer a critical analysis of its effectiveness as a documentary. Your essay should be organized around an original thesis statement that focuses on whether or not you find the documentary effective in the way it presents and supports its central argument. In this essay‚ you will analyze how Kenner’s

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    Rhetorical Appeals Assignment  Ethos Appeal: “Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we stand today‚ signed the Emancipation Proclamation” (King‚ 1963‚ p.1). King made his speech at the Lincoln Memorial and referenced Lincoln’s famous speech given during the American Civil War. He also referenced the Emancipation Proclamation. King’s Lincoln reference is an ethos appeal because it shows he took the time to not only research but also give credit to trailblazers who

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    I Have A Dream” On August 28th of 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of the most famous speeches of all time. “I Have a Dream”. The speech was heard by thousands upon thousands of people in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. This speech addressed many things‚ one of which was the severe racial injustices against African American citizens at the peak of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. King conveyed his message of social justice and equality with an essence of poise and

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    In the speechI Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr‚ uses Rhetorical Appeal to elevate the speech to impact the audience and America forever. The speech uses Pathos using emotional examples‚ emotional language‚ vivid descriptions‚ and great sufferings. Using pathos puts an irate behavior on the audience‚ because of how people were treated. Pathos is being used by using examples and sufferings to impact and eventually terminate racism forever. America wants to surmount all others and strive for

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Juniors use of Ethos & Pathos in his “I have a dreamspeech. On August 28‚ 1963‚ people around the nation tuned into hear several civil rights speeches going on in Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of those civil rights speakers‚ and that day he gave his famous “I have a dreamspeech. In Dr. Martin Luther King Juniors speech‚ he spoke about unifying the nation‚ to create a place where Americans “will not be judged by the color of your skin but by the content

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    her prejudices and listen to his arguments; mainly that the time for talking has passed and the only thing left to do is raise arms. Paine wields the argumentative appeals‚ EthosPathos‚ and Logos in a strong and yet eloquent way that adds immense power to his disputes with Britain. Paine begins by establishing a credible ethos that he adapts throughout the discussion. Paine “offers nothing more than simple facts‚ plain arguments‚ and common sense” and is not “induced by motives of pride‚ party or

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    I have a dream 1. What indicates that King’s words were meant primarily for an audience of listeners‚ and only secondarily for a reading audience? To hear these indications‚ try reading the speech aloud. What uses of parallelism do you notice? This essay has analyzed Dr. King’s "I have a Dream" speech for voice and rhetoric‚ through the analysis of his argument‚ how he supports that argument‚ the voice he uses in the speech and the audience at whom the

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