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King's use of alluding to historical documents, which dealt with equality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...