In Washington, D.C. on August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King gave one of the most well known rhetorical inspired speeches in all of history. King’s speech titled “I Have A Dream” was presented to not only negroes but to all white Americans, in order for him to promote the central idea of equality. Due to the huge audience, King had to make sure his speech was persuasive to all black and white Americans. He achieved this by including civil rights problems that involved rhetorical devices like ethos, and pathos to the racially mixed crowd, so they can feel sympathy towards the topic that all should be equal. Within this speech Martin Luther King’s notable quality was his confidence and bravery. By being confident and
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At this time, there was a major separation between the whites and blacks, that he tried his best to fight against. In addition, he was even arrested before his speech because of his anti-segregation protest. This made no difference for him because he still continued to prepare for his speech, with a goal to end differences between races. To contribute that King is a reliable source he demonstrates how dedicated he is towards this topic that he states “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free” (Paragraph 3). He connects this in with the literary device anaphora. The more he repeats himself, it is seen that this is the initial reason why he wrote, and is presenting this speech. As his continues with his speech, he shifts into current American issues and dramatically tells them they must take action. He states this by “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off...Now is the time to make real promises of democracy” (Paragraph 6). He has such strong ethos to his audience so that they can be easily convinced to follow his beliefs. This ethos comes from his personal experience causing him to refer so much that America needs to be based on these ideas. So by using this device ethos, he is able to motivate people to reform America into a
At this time, there was a major separation between the whites and blacks, that he tried his best to fight against. In addition, he was even arrested before his speech because of his anti-segregation protest. This made no difference for him because he still continued to prepare for his speech, with a goal to end differences between races. To contribute that King is a reliable source he demonstrates how dedicated he is towards this topic that he states “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free” (Paragraph 3). He connects this in with the literary device anaphora. The more he repeats himself, it is seen that this is the initial reason why he wrote, and is presenting this speech. As his continues with his speech, he shifts into current American issues and dramatically tells them they must take action. He states this by “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off...Now is the time to make real promises of democracy” (Paragraph 6). He has such strong ethos to his audience so that they can be easily convinced to follow his beliefs. This ethos comes from his personal experience causing him to refer so much that America needs to be based on these ideas. So by using this device ethos, he is able to motivate people to reform America into a