Rhetorical Analysis Of Mlk's Speech

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In his speech he uses a great amount of rhetorical appeals. Pathos is an appeal to emotion, and is the strongest appeal presented in MLK’s speech. He uses pathos in a strong way by reminding the audience the hope that everyone had that freedom would come with the end of slavery. He mentions the Emancipation Proclamation in his speech and that a hundred years have went by, and nothing has really been fixed. King connects with his audience through ethos. He says, “I have a dream that my four little children will live in a nation where they won’t be judged.” He can connect with the other parents or kids in the crowd that the world will become better because of his actions in the Civil Rights movement. He uses logos to convince the audience that