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Martin Luther King Jr. is a well-known person in history. He is know for his work in civil rights, and is known for his I Have a Dream Speech. King's speech not only change history for the black community it gave hope to black through out the world. King's speech was so successful because he was able to arouse his audience to their feet and get them mad at society. In his speech, he uses different types of language. One type is from Burk and Burk called charging of language. This is using strong powerful words to influence a listener's opinion. Another type of language he uses is called glittering generalities, which is the use of words to make a listener agree with what the speaker has said. Finally, King uses argumentum ad populum, which is to tell an audience what they want to hear. King's speech uses all of these types of language to tell his fellow Negro's how they have been promised things and not received them, and the life they live should be better because of this.Martin Luther King Jr. opened his I Have a Dream speech by mentioning the Emancipation Proclamation. He tries to set the stage that Negro's have been lied to, and the lives they live were promised to be better than what they are. W
Martin Luther King Jr. is able to effectively give a speech to an audience and get them to see his viewpoints by using certain types of language. He uses charged language to get them mad and angry. This use of charged language is successful because the crowd now feels as though they are cheated and should not just lay around but get up and do something about it. He then uses glittering generalities to excite the crowd and get them to say this isn't fair we need to stop this and we will not be satisfied until we have gotten what we wanted. Finally he uses argumentum ad populum to tell his audience that his dream is like all of theirs and that some day they will be free. The usage of this language effectively gets King's point a crossed and when he is done not only has he given his fellow Negro's will power to stand up for themselves, he has given them hope that someday they will be free from society. King's next appeal to his listeners is by the use of glittering generalities. He tells his fellow Negro's that now is the time to rise form the dark, now is the time to make justice a reality, and now is the time to lift racial injustices. He tells them, "There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights." He explains they are victims of police brutality, and the Negro's shouldn't be satisfied. He says, "We can never be satisfied as long as we can not gain lodging at a motel, we can not be satisfied when a Negro's basic mobility is from a small ghetto to a large one." He
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