Summary
What is the big idea?
Racial equality
What is a metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
"Every man, woman, and child deserves equal rights."
Everyone deserves to be equal
Writing of the declaration of independence
First
What is an appeal
how you convince someone or get them to care
What is the central claim?
The benefits of racial equality will occur only as the result of effort and work.
What is an antonym?
The opposite word
"I say to you today, my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream."
MLK wants people to keep pushing through
Signing the Emancipation proclamation
Second
How does MLK connect with his audience?
Through their hopes for the future
What is the main purpose?
Dr. King’s main purpose is to raise awareness about racial inequality
What is parallelism?
When something has the same idea as something else and is repeated
"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood."
In a place that slavery was very prominent, one day people will be completely free
MLK said-- "This is the faith that I go back to the South with."
Fourth (second to last)
Who is his audience?
Those who agreed with his ideas and those who opposed them
The type of evidence used
Examples and descriptions of the problems caused by racial inequality
What is an extended metaphor?
a metaphor that goes on for awhile
What is the "promissory note"
The promise that America failed on
There is freedom
Last
How does MLK use structure and language to go about accomplishing his purpose?
He accomplishes his purpose by giving examples of current racial prejudice and inequality and by painting a clear picture of what American life will be like when racial equality is achieved.
What two devices are used the most in this speech?
Parallelism and Repitition
"a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."
Lincoln had signed this, freeing the slaves.
People are there from jail
Third