i have a dream

             nything you can imagine, as one day becoming possible, is a dream. When Martin
             Luther King and 200,000 followers marched on Washington, DC in August of 1963,
             their goal was racial equality and an equal opportunity to pursue the American
             dream. King did more than anyone to keep this dream alive, but also to point his
             followers to it in a peaceful though persistent way. During King's speech he
             used several speech strategies to enhance his message and to emphasize key
             details. The different rhetorical devices, allusions to historic documents, and
             metaphors brought about the emotions that king was trying to arouse in his
             listeners. This provoked his listeners into wanting equality and true freedom.
             The speech's title probably was probably taken from King's usage of the
             anaphoraI have a dream,? which is present throughout the speech. The use of
             this anaphora brought about emotion in his audience and gave them hope. This
             phrase is present at the beginning of paragraphs 12 and 13; this statement was
             probably spoken with great prominence since it gave the observers the desire to
             change 'today? instead of continuing to be discriminated against. Martin Luther
             King's speech could have very well been titled something else but because of his
             use of anaphora which strongly emphasized these words it earned itself the title
             King's use of alluding to historical documents, which dealt with equality
             issues, helped provide logic to it. These allusions were probably geared more
             towards the white listeners than towards the black because it provided the
             textual evidence from past documents which stated thatall men were created
             equal and all people should have inalienable rights of life, liberty and the
             pursuit of happiness.? King also makes a few allusions to the Bible;Let us not
             seek to satisfy thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and
             hate,? is the first allusion the Bible in his speech...

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