I have a dream rhetorical analysis
Just need to cite the I have a dream speech by Martin Luther king
Rhetorical Analysis essay
Background: During this next section of the class, we will be focusing on the rhetorical tools speakers/authors use to persuade an audience. As we will discuss in class, three of the common rhetorical appeals authors use are logos (validity/logic of an argument), pathos (appeal to emotion), and ethos (works in establishing an author's credibility and ethics). While arguments that appeal to logos and ethos are often considered more reputable, arguments appealing to pathos can also work to capture an audience's attention. As you look at how the essay/speech you select uses these rhetorical appeals, you should especially pay attention to word choice, repetition, and figurative language (especially metaphors).
Prompt: In an essay of four to five pages, you will be supporting an argument that determines how effectively the speech you choose uses stylistic techniques, especially logos, ethos, and pathos, to persuade his audiences for change. Although you might provide some brief summary in your introduction for background information as well as for support, your essay should primarily focus on your judgment about how effectively the essay/speech employs different rhetorical techniques. Therefore, you might organize your essay by providing a brief summary of the speech as well its historical context in the introduction and then transition into a discussion of rhetorical techniques and your thesis that articulates whether or not the essay/speech uses these rhetorical techniques effectively to convey its message. We will be focusing on Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" in class, but you may also pick a different speech as well.
Requirements: 1) A thesis that makes a clear argument about whether or not the essay/speech effectively uses rhetorical techniques to convey his main point and why. 2) An introduction that provides brief background information about the content of the speech, a brief description of its historical context, describe the purpose of the essay, and smoothly transitions into the thesis. 3) Body paragraphs that begin with topic sentences that articulate a clear claim about one specific aspect of the speech and are supported throughout the rest of the paragraph. 4) Sub-points within body paragraphs that provide reasons supporting the claim in the topic sentence. 5) Support from the speech that clearly illustrates your claims. 6) Analysis that thoroughly explains how the support proves your arguments. You should correctly apply and analyze the rhetorical appeals. 7) Closing sentences that end body paragraphs by reflecting on their significance. 8) Transitions among and within paragraphs that illustrate connections between your points. 9) A conclusion that reflects on the significance of the overall essay. 10) Correct MLA usage for in-text citation. I 1) Evidence of proofreading. 12) A title that reflects the thesis of the essay. 1 4-5 pages, 12 inch font, double-spaced, Times New Roman, one inch margins