The political speech “A More Perfect Union” presented in Philadelphia by Barack Obama‚ discusses the issue of race as it has played a major role historically in the United States. He addresses the Reverend Wright argument and touches upon his own experiences as a black man. Obama’s objective was to persuade Americans to eliminate racial division for the good of all Americans. To obtain the interest of the audience‚ his speech consisted of rhetorical strategies. These strategies were emotional‚ ethical
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“I Have A Dream” Martin Luther King Jr. On August 28‚ 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that electrified a nation. In Washington D.C‚ King delivered his speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial and as his powerful voice echoed out across an audience of 200‚000 people‚ echoes of the Gettysburg address could be heard as well as the Declaration of Independence and the Bible. It has been called “masterfully delivered and improvised sermon‚ bursting with biblical language and imagery.”The
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“I Have a Dream” Speech On August 28‚ 1963‚ a famous speech was uttered in front of the Lincoln Memorial located in Washington‚ D.C. Little did everyone know that this speech would be marked down in history as the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Racial equality and national freedom were concerns of many U.S. Citizens that needed to be addressed. Giving his “I Have a Dream” speech‚ Martin Luther King Jr. aspired to inform other Americans how big of a problem inequality and racism had become
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Martin Luther King is an expert on using strong language to effect his audience. We see this often in his speech I have a Dream‚ in this excerpt from the speech he mostly uses language to cause an emotional effect on his audience and to provoke action from them. Repetition in Martin Luther King’s speech is used overall to evoke emotion within the audience members. He often repeats the using sentences that begin with “go back to …”. The repetition of this phrase expresses his passion and relates it
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heroic individuals took a stand against the laws and fought for their rights either violently‚ like Malcolm X‚ or peacefully. Out of those‚ one who created a sympathetic perspective onto the American society was Martin Luther King‚ Jr. In his ‘I have a dream’ speech‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. used rhetorical strategies such as allusions
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On August 28 of 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr gave a speech at the March on Washington that changed the nation. It was given the title “I Have A Dream”. He spoke in front of thousands and thousands of people that day. His accomplishment that he wanted to purfil during his speech was to have everyone‚ whether they were white or black or if they were a Catholic or Jewish to listen. To understand that it was finally time for everyone to accept each other’s differences. He protested the racial inequality
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entitled "I Have A Dream." The speech was a critical step toward civil rights movement‚ because without it‚ King’s opinions of freedom and equality would never reach the hearts of his people‚ and they would never stand up as a whole to defend themselves. During the speech‚ King successfully expressed his opinions‚ and emotionally affected many listeners. This success came from his sensitive approach to audience‚ his unique use of style‚ and his inspirational tone. Primarily‚ the speech was
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The speech “I Have a Dream‚” by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ is looked at as an argumentative speech. He is calling the Negroes to rise above their persecution and that all men‚ women‚ and children should be free. King made that calling solely on his values. He valued the principle of all people no matter race‚ should be treated as equals. After reading and analyzing the speech; I made different observations about the speech‚ such as‚ cited documentation‚ imagery‚ repetition‚ similes‚ and metaphors. Dr
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where African Americans weren’t seen as humans‚ they weren’t heard‚ and they fought their hearts out in a battle where their opponent’s choice of weapons were to emotionally and physically abuse and harass them. It is for this reason that the “I Have A Dream” speech by Dr. Martin Luther King is the most compelling piece of text; he explains thoroughly about how America represents freedom and their citizens are protected by laws and rights‚ but African Americans are denied of this opportunity even though
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“A More Perfect Union” Obama used the Philadelphia venue brilliantly starting off his speech like the Declaration of Independence a very powerful document that was revolutionary for its time; literally. It brought forth the concept that all men were created equally however to this day we still strive to be treated equally. Obama mentions that the slave trade went on for twenty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence and suggests that our forefathers left it up to future
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