I HAVE A DREAM

Martin Luther King Jr.

 Martin Luther King Jr.
• Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta,
Georgia. King, a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist,
had a seismic impact on race relations in the United
States, beginning in the mid-1950s.

• Among his many efforts, King headed the Southern

Christian Leadership Conference. Through his activism
and inspirational speeches he played a pivotal role in
ending the legal segregation of African-American
citizens in the United States, as well as the creation of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of
1965.

• King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, among

several other honors. He was assassinated in April 1968,
and continues to be remembered as one of the most
influential and inspirational African-American leaders in
history.
 What was To expose the American public to the
injustice of racial inequality and to
the purpose persuade them to stop discriminating on

of the the basis of race.

speech?
 Speech Patterns
Wave :
Each main idea builds up from evidence then crests in a main point

First point Second point Third point Conclusion

Introduction Repetition of form Build

or material material

Transition Transition Transition

Figurative • “seared in the flames of withering
injustice“
Language • "manacles of segregation and the
chains of discrimination“
• "whirlwinds of revolt"
• "oasis of freedom and justice“
• "symphony of brotherhood“
 Metaphors
• “joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity” [paragraph 2]
• “the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of
material prosperity” [3]
• “rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of
racial justice” [6]
• “This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass
until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.” [7]
• “sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of
freedom and justice.” [19]

Weather, Climate, Landscape, Nature

“One hundred years later”
(paragraph 3)

“Now is the time” (p 6)

“We must”: (p 8)

“We can never (cannot) be

satisfied (p 13)
Anaphora :
Repeated phrases
“Go back to…” (p14)

“I have a dream” (p 16-24)

“With this faith” (p26)

“Let freedom ring (from)…”

(p27-41)
Allusion – reminds of another text
THANK YOU
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