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    If Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. had not given his speech and pushed for equal rights‚ how different would America be today? In Dr. King’s “I Have a Dreamspeech he had marched with many people to fight for equal rights. Dr. King used many rhetorical appeals to effectively develop the central idea. Some of these rhetorical devices were allusions‚ pathos‚ and repetition. In his speech he had used many allusions. He had used an an allusion when referring to Abraham Lincoln‚ “Five score years ago‚ a

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    “Free at Last:” The Heroic Life of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. Ryan Thomas LENG_112 Critical Analysis Elizabeth Kons May 1st‚ 2012 Martin Luther King‚ Jr. once stated‚ “We believe the highest patriotism demands the ending of the war and the opening of a bloodless war to final victory over racism and poverty” (as cited in “Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚” 2010‚ para. 9). During King’s life in the 1950s‚ the American society was shaped under the policy of “separate but equal‚” as stated by Stephen VanLieu

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    A Man of His WordI have a dream that one day my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character” (“Martin Luther King Jr.”). These wise and upholding words of confidence and determination changed the face of America during a time of hate and discrimination. King’s inspirational leadership and speeches helped make a local bus protest into a historical event (“KingMartin Luther Jr.”) He gathered

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    On August 28 1963‚ the one hundred anniversary of president Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation‚ Reverend Martin Luther King delivered the now famous “I have a Dreamspeech at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Dr. King wasn’t just a man who gave a speech. He was a man with a dream and in that dream‚ he set a tone that would ring in America for the rest of history. This speech brought to the minds of many inattentive American’s a previously unknown civil rights orator‚ speaking of

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    Is it Good to Dream? “Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss you will still land among the stars!”-Les Brown. This quote is very true in almost every dream. The dreaming unit was about listening to different stories of dreams and different outcomes. We saw winners and we saw losers. We looked at people’s dreams in different perspectives. I believe that it is worth it to dream because dreams guide us in life and tell us where to go and what to do‚ dreams are worth it‚ and dreams would make me a better

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    Martin Luther King Assessment Task Research Task (200 words in total) 1. In that ways were the African-American people treated differently from white people in the USA in the 1950s. African-Americans were separated from white people by law and discriminated against by the white people. They were referred to as ‘Negros’‚ which was an insensitive word to call the African-Americans. White people separated children from African-American families and there were ‘coloured’ seats for African-American

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    Picture Martin Luther King‚ Jr.   KingMartin Luther‚ Jr. (1929-1968)‚ an African American Baptist minister‚ was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950’s and 1960’s. He had a magnificent speaking ability‚ which enabled him to effectively express the demands of African Americans for social justice. King’s eloquent pleas won the support of millions of people—blacks and whites—and made him internationally famous. He won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for

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    Analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dreamspeech The most effective uses of persuasive language in Dr. Martin Luther King’s‚ “I have a dreamspeech are the repetition of certain words‚ the use of inclusive language and emotional language. The uses of these forms of persuasive language help emphasis the points that Dr. King is using. One of the most effective uses of persuasive languages in Dr. King’s speech is the use of repetition. The use of repetition emphasises the crude meaning

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    The first draft of the “I Have a Dreamspeech was written by Dr. Martin Luther King’s advisers‚ and the final speech included input from many others. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial‚ before 200‚000 people‚ King delivered his famous “I Have a Dreamspeech during the March on Washington for jobs‚ and freedom. Kings purpose was to broadcast his dream and to expose the hypocriticalness of America’s government. In the “I Have a DreamspeechKing relies on diction and imagery to promote the idea

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    Martin Luther King Martin Luther King was born on January 15‚ 1992‚ in Atlanta Georgia. King grew up in in Atlanta where his father was a pastor at a small church. King had an older sister and a younger brother. Throughout school King was a good student and eventually attended College at only 15 years old. 4 years later King earned a sociology degree from Morehouse College. King married Coretta Scott and had 4 children. He became a pastor at a Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama. He completed

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