Although King was very famous for his speech, I've analyzed his speech and realized that he has used several rhetorical appeals such as Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. The meaning of Ethos is that it is an appeal to ethics, and it …show more content…
“We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now”, is another statement that describes Ethos, this certain one makes the audience feel like they are apart of the fight for rights since they are all gathered at a holy spot. Logos to me means an appeal to logic and they try to persuade an audience by reason. An example would be, “One hundred years later the negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of a negro is crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” This statement describes logos because King repeats the line 100 years to persuade the audience and let them know that African Americans have not been equal to Whites for a 100 years. Also when King states, “America has