A clergyman and civil rights leader Born in Atlanta Educated at Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and Boston University Achieved national prominence when he led a nonviolent boycott of a bus line in Alabama Founded Southern Christian Leadership Conference Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964

While planning a Poor People’s March on the nation’s capital in 1968

Was assasinated in Memphis

“ I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most memorable speeches of all time.

Anaphora : repeating words at the beginning of neighbouring clauses Where do you see anaphora? Why does he use it?

Anaphora is a commonly used rhetorical device. Repeating the words twice sets the pattern, and further repetitions emphasize the pattern and increase to rhetorical effect.

“One hundred years later…” par. 3 “Now is the time…” par. 6 “We must…” par. 8 “We can never be satisfied…” par. 13 “Go back to…” par. 14 “I have a dream…” par “With this faith…” par. 26 “Let freedom ring…” par

Even without the remainder of the speech, by reading these repeated phrases only, we can understand much of King’s story. Emphasis through repetition makes these phrases more memorable

Repeating theme words; words in association with the theme of the text What are the theme words here? How many times each was used?

Freedom (20) We (30), our (17), you (8) Nation (10), america (5), american (4) Justice (8), injustice (3) Dream (11)

“I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most memorable speeches of all time.

Utilizing Aprropriate Quotations or Allusions Explicitly executed references (direct quotations) and Implicitly executed references (allusions) to history and literature improve the credibility of your arguments

“Five score years ago…” par 2 refers to Lincoln’s famous speech which began “four score and seven years ago…” This allusion is particularly touching give that King was speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial

“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…” par 4 is a reference to the United States Declaration of Independence Numerous Biblical allusions provide the moral basis for King’s arguments: - “ It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.” par. 2 alludes to Psalms 30:5 “For his anger is but for a moment; his favour is for a lifetime. Weeping my linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”

Using specific examples to “ground” your ideas To make numerous geographic references

Mississippi, New York par 13 Mississippi, Alabama, South Caroline, Georgia, Louisiana 14 Gerorgia 18 Mississippi 19 Alabama New Hampshire, New York…. Mississippi

Using metaphors to highlight contrasting concepts Associating two abstract concepts with contrasting concrete metaphors; - Dark and desolate valley (segregation) and sunlit path (of racial justice)

“joyous daybreak to the end of long night of their captivity.” 2 “ the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity” 3 “ the sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality” 17 Sweltering with the heat of oppression will be tranformed into an oasis of freedom and ustice 19