"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
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Afterwards‚ I watched the "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. I asked myself a few questions about why this speech is famous‚ and whether the people here in America still believe in it? What made it a most effective speech at that time? Was it the way he read the speech or was it that people wanted to change their behavior at that time‚ which made it the most memorable speech ever given? There are many reasons why the "I Have A Dream" speech is one of the best speeches in American
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech is one of the most successful and most legendary speeches in United States history. Martin Luther King Jr. was a masterful speaker‚ who established a strong command of rhetorical strategies. By his eloquent use of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos‚ as well as his command of presentation skills and rhetorical devices‚ King was able to persuade his generation that "the Negro is not free" (King 1). His speech became the rallying cry for civil rights and lives
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A summary of‚ followed by a response to‚ Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. Martin Luther King delivered his speech ‚ “I Have a Dream” on August 28‚ 1963‚ at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In his speech‚ MLKJr.‚ discusses the theme of freedom by using rhetorical effects. Martin Luther KingJr.‚ states the word “freedom” twenty times emphasizing the primary theme and one purpose that action must be taken or dire consequences could occur. King is able to incorporate his
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opinion about the prejudice facing African Americans at the time in his inspirational I Have a Dream Speech. King is able to state his viewpoint so solidly through his allusions to the past‚ use of figurative language‚ formal and informal voice‚ and his picturesque diction. Kings purpose for giving such a powerful speech was to give hope to the individuals who were able to gather together‚ and listen to his remarkable speech given on the Lincoln Memorial steps. The community united together were able to
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Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream” speech on August 28‚ 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington‚ D.C. in front of millions of citizens. Dr. King was a Baptist Preacher and spoke to all those gathered for the March on Washington for jobs and freedom. Since he was a preacher‚ he was familiar with speaking. I found his speech to be just as powerful as it was in 1963. It is one of the greatest speeches of all time. I can imagine being in Washington that day and the momentum
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stand today‚ signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” (King). The most compelling speech is “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. In the speech‚ he persuades America to treat everyone‚ of all color‚ as equals and to give everyone the rights promised in the Declaration of Independence. The speech was very impactful and included many rhetorical devices. Martin Luther King Jr. incorporated ethos and imagery in his speech to express how deprived of freedom African Americans were. For example‚ he said
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Luther King Jr’s I Have a Dream will go down in history as one of the best speeches ever told to mankind. MLK cares so much about black rights that it can be seen in the way he stands‚ heard in how he talks‚ and the word choice he uses.This speech was held at the Lincoln memorial right after the Rosa Parks bus boycott march. Almost all of the black community of D.C walked in the march and came to the speech. MLK came to speak of the segregation issues all around America. I Have a Dream is so memorable
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28‚ 1963‚ at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Many though it was the greatest speech given in history. I Have a Dream" became the aims of the march and the entire civil rights movement. His dream represented the dream of millions of Americans demanding a free‚ equal‚ and just nation. Lyndon Johnson‚ delivered his “The Great Society” speech on May 22‚ 1964 at the University of Michigan. Johnson spoke to the college
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The speech I read is the ‘I have a dream’ speech by Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The speech was delivered on August 23‚ 1968‚ in the American Capital of Washington D. C. by a man many acclaimed to be a great revolutionary. However‚ there was nothing revolutionary about this man‚ rather‚ he was only affirming and restating the promises of the country’s founding fathers which is denied to certain people and enjoyed by the white supremacist. Some argued that the speech calls for the emancipation of the
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