...Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech can be considered one of the greatest speeches in American history. Over 200,000 white and black Americans gathered in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963 to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver this groundbreaking speech. This essay will analyze the speech for voice and rhetoric by showing King's main argument, how he supports that argument, identifying the language he used and the audience at whom it was directed. In addition, King argues that all men are equal and should be treated equal. Many times in his speech, King states how black citizens have been mistreated over the years. In the beginning of his speech King states "One hundred year later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination." King also states numerous times his dream for equality in the country. He says "I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." However, King uses many historical documents to support his argument. The first document he mentions is the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order signed by President Lincoln freeing the slaves in the confederate states. It was the first step in equality for African-Americans. King also mentions the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. He references these...
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...Speech Analysis: MLK After watching Martin Luther King’s speech, several things jumped out to me. At the beginning of his speech, I noticed that he did not talk fast but he started somewhat slow; as he progressed through the speech, he talked a little bit faster and maintained that pace. Throughout the entire speech, he remained confident; he talked with a booming voice, and his pronunciation was clear with every word since he never muttered. His posture was “strong” since he did not move around too much and looked at the audience very often instead of staring down at his script. Another thing that I noticed in his speech was that he was very repetitive which was effective, because people remembered what he said; two examples that was used often were “I have a dream…” and “Let freedom ring…” which are very popular in his speech. He used a couple of quotes that people recognized, one of them being from a song called “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” which even children knew. In his speech, there were some pauses in between sentences, and I believe that he was doing that to let him gather his thoughts to prepare for what he was going to say next and also allow the audience some time to think about what he was saying. After half his speech, I noticed that he had stopped reading off of his script. This displayed how well prepared he was before his speech since he knew his information. In conclusion, he was well prepared before the speech, confident, maintained a good speaking pace, and...
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...Today in History we actually talked about something very similar to this. Some people argued that ethics/morality differs from society to society and are ever-changing. Mr. Guthrie used an MLK quote to explain the concept of morality. Martin Luther King said, “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” This quote says that we do not necessarily know what morality is and what actions are moral or not; however, over time humans are coming closer to figure out what morality is. As of now, we cannot be sure what actions are truly moral or not. Furthermore, we can infer that some things, such as not killing, are considered virtuous and morally correct because many societies/generations have regarded that...
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...In both MLK passages we read, the pathos he used were much more moving than logos. Pathos are meant to hit your feelings and people will be more likely to act when they feel something. The logos are just stating facts which are not appealing to people’s emotions, so they are less likely to act on something. Pathos are meant to hit people’s emotions, which were executed very well in both of these passages. “Five score years ago… signed the emancipation proclamation… 100 years later and the Negro is still not free” (Dr. King, 261). This quote is really moving because Negroes have been fighting for their rights for more than a century and still don’t have equal rights as white citizens. The statement really makes people realize that this unequal...
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...protest against the Jim Crow laws and racial violence. King's reasoning for his speech was to argue for change and to justify his actions. While writing his letter, King uses rhetorical devices and appeals to develop his argument. In the beginning of MLK's speech he mentions that while being in jail, Martin Luther King Jr. said that their recent activities were "unwise and untimely". Ethos is shown being used when King makes a claim that he is not an "outsider". Martin Luther King Jr. established his credibility by mentioning that he and several members were here because they were invited. Paragraph 2, MLK states, "So I, along with several members of my staff, am here because I was invited here. I am here because I have organizational ties here." Furthermore, King expresses his biblical duties and says he is "compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town."...
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...MLK uses the following rhetorical devices in his speech, Repetitions: “I have a dream”, “Let freedom Ring”, “With this Faith…” Allusion: “Dream rooted in the American dream”, “Faith”, “the constitution”. Rule of three: “1OO year later; ‘the Negro are not free”’, “they still suffer from segregation and injustice”, and “poverty”. Alliteration: “Sons of former slaves and sons of former slave-owners” I think MLK’s careful choice of the words of his excellent speech had a great impact on the listeners. It was obvious that he stirred their hearts with hope of that awaited day when the dream would come to pass. His word selection affected so much his speech to the extent that I became one of the greatest speeches ever given. The following...
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...needs to understand and participate in the process to peace. Using this phrase, he is trying to tell people they need to put their differences aside and unite to solve the major world problems. By using anaphora to get this point across, it leaves the message in the audience mind while also stating his point of what needs to be done. It shows that both sides need to understand the problem at hand and try to come to an agreement. The anaphora strengthens this point by introducing the point in the audience's head. Some people could argue that MLK uses anaphora best because of the power of the statement “I have a dream”. It can be said the the way MLK uses anaphora is much stronger because of the emotion used in the statement. The way he uses it in reference to his children can be considered very moving and persuasive because almost everyone can relate to it. It makes the statement very moving and emotional. Although these are valid statements, MLK points are purely emotion based. JFK points are emotion based as well as fact based with good...
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...Martin Luther King Jr. had been imprisoned for eight days in the Birmingham Jail in Alabama. In these eight days, he would write one of the most renowned rhetorical works that would be studied for years. He had written this on stolen paper while confined in a jail cell in response to the criticism and false accusations made about their whole movement by eight white clergymen. He brought attention to the protest and emphasized that there would never be a better time for this; action needs to be taken now. King would persuade the audience through the use of logic and objective evidence supporting his argument; he is able to further emphasize his point by frequently utilizing metaphors and juxtapositions. This is one of the most effective ways he convinced his audience, as it would be difficult for them to disagree with him. Through the use of logos, King is able to inform the audience as well as respond to the eight clergymen about what he is fighting for and why he is here in the first place. This is evident in paragraphs 2 and 3 when he states, “So I, along with several members of my staff, am here because I was invited here. I am here because I have organizational ties. But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here.” He explains that the reason he is there is because he felt an obligation to help the people who were suffering, underscoring that what he has been doing is necessary and that he and his staff would not be here if the situation had not gotten so...
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...the hands of the Germans in one of their infamous death camps for people deemed to be inferior by the Germans. Elie a man who fight till this day advocating for peace ,and not letting history repeat itself in the last WW. He had wrote his own speeches the most well known one Hope, Despair,and memory in the very last sentence of his speech he says “Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.” This quote alone gives the whole speech its meaning, we shouldn’t wait for peace to happen you have to make peace happen. A very strong advocator in human rights Martin Luther King Jr would strongly agree with Elie’s opinion. MLK would commend Wiesel’s quote because he stood for the fact that violence was never the answer, understanding it would have spawned more violence....
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...Martin Luther King Jr. rests as the most remembered figure associated with the civil rights movement in the United States. The nation remembers his message as a nonviolent reach at civil rights through civil disobedience, and resistance. The resistance came from the superior race, government officials, and the white church. Eight Clergymen from said white church continued the resistance by sending a letter that criticized and rebuked King’s movement in Birmingham Alabama, the same movement that led to the incarceration of King in the Birmingham City jail. This letter accused King of creating violence in the streets, and not properly negotiating with courts or government officials before acting. King responded to the Clergymen in a letter of his own, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” In this letter King expresses his views and beliefs on segregation, unjust laws, and the inadequate support from the white church. In backing up his claims King used quotes from the Bible and he referenced certain stories within it. King used his knowledge of the Bible to quote it from memory, as he did not have access to the book while he wrote his letter. The audience in which King wrote to had studied the Bible wholeheartedly and King took advantage of that. As respected leaders of the white church the Clergymen had spent many years studying the Bible and preaching every word written in it. King made clear through his use of quotes from the Bible and other resources, the importance of his issue and...
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...Rhetorical Analysis Paper Martin Luther King Jr.: I Have a Dream According to Aristotle, there are three ways for a speaker to persuade his audience: ethos, logos, and pathos ("American rhetoric: Aristotle's rhetoric - selected moments," n.d.). Aristotle noted that a speech should “engage both the rational and non-rational elements of the listener's soul” (Wardy, 1996, p. 63). The speaker must have credibility with their audience and appear fair, open-minded, honest, and knowledgeable (ethos). He/she must also have logical appeal with strong, valid arguments based on facts and, perhaps, with personal experience and observations (logos). And, finally, the speaker must emotionally appeal to the audience and create a personal connection to draw and hold their attention (pathos). Of the three, Aristotle believed that ideally arguments should be made with reason, or logic, alone (McKay & McKay, 2010). However, it is often a speaker’s emotional appeal that creates the personal connection, as well as captivates and motivates the audience … and few have done that better than the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. If you say the words “I have a dream”, Americans from age 18 to 80 immediately think of Martin Luther King Jr. They may not know the words achieved notoriety from a speech given at an equal rights march on Washington, DC in August 1963. They may not know that 250,000 blacks gathered at the National Mall to demand "jobs and freedom" (Hampson, 2013). Additionally, they...
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...Martin Luther King Jr. was a powerful civil rights leader and set the tone for many nonviolent equality movements. Events in Birmingham, Alabama, thoroughly the most segregated city in the United States, lead to nonviolent demonstrations, which then gave rise to hostile police conduct. The individuals of the protests were apprehended, including Martin Luther King Jr.. Alabama clergymen then composed a letter addressing the racial unrest in Birmingham, and Martin Luther King Jr. reciprocated with his own letter justifying the protestors actions. To justify the Birmingham demonstrations and appeal to his audience of both blacks and whites, Martin Luther King Jr. effectively builds pathos with the use of various rhetorical strategies. King evokes the emotions of his audience through a variety of metaphors. He uses the metaphors to portray the struggles that the negroes endure in their fight for equality. These metaphors hit both sides of the audience by evoking different types of emotions. The metaphors elicit the emotions by bringing up feelings of sympathy and remorse in the white audience, and feelings of hopelessness are felt by the negroes who feel as if the people of their own country are against them. King uses metaphors such as “The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter (King 5)” to highlight and serve as an example of how...
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...First of all the following events happened in Birmingham, Alabama in the late 1960’s when segregation against blacks was at a high. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a minister who preaches about using nonviolent acts to prove a point or solve a problem. The rhetorical situation is the segregation and discrimination of blacks in the early 60’s. Dr. King led protests where blacks would sit at restaurants that were for whites only or used white restrooms. This caused a lot of chaos and some violence, but it was deemed that what Dr. King was doing was wrong by leading people to do these illegal acts and he thought this was unfair and still broke it. He was jailed along with several others, but was released eight days later. After protesting for no discrimination, white and black leaders started to compromise and soon restaurants and restrooms were desegregated and blacks could have a job of a salesmen or clerical job. The exigence for these two letters is the issue of segregation and discrimination happening in Birmingham, Alabama. The clergymen wrote the letter because of the outbreak of protests happening in the streets and questioning Dr. King’s reasoning for choosing this route of justice instead of negotiating with white leaders in Birmingham. The clergymen stated “we are convinced that these demonstrations are unwise and untimely (pg. 174)” meaning they felt that leading these acts were unnecessary to solve the current situation. Dr. King wrote his letter in response to the Clergymen’s...
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...QA Concept Introducing LoadRunner • Why should you automate performance testing? • What are the LoadRunner components? • Understanding LoadRunner Terminology • What is the load testing process? • Getting Familiar with HP Web Tours • Application Requirements The Power of LoadRunner • Creating the Load Test • Running the Load Test • Monitoring the Load Test • Analyzing Results Building Scripts • Introducing the Virtual User Generator (VuGen) • How do I start recording user activities? • Using VuGen’s Wizard mode • How do I record a business process to create a script? • How do I view the script? Playing Back Your Script • How do I set the run-time behavior? • How do I watch my script running in real time? • Where can I view information about the replay? • How do I know if my test passed? • How do I search or filter the results? Solving Common Playback Problems • Preparing HP Web tours for playback errors • How do I work with unique server values? Preparing a Script for Load Testing • How do I measure business processes? • How do I emulate multiple users? • How do I verify Web page content? • How can I produce debugging information? • Did my test succeed? Creating a Load Testing Scenario • Introducing the LoadRunner Controller • How do I start the Controller? • The Controller window at a glance • How do I modify the script details? • How do I generate a heavy load? • How do I emulate real load...
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...Preparing Business Scenario Analyses The following general guidelines may be used in preparing for an oral or written business scenario analysis and presentation. There may be several feasible courses of action regarding the solution to any case. It is more important to concern yourself with the process of problem definition and isolation, analysis, and evaluation of alternatives, and the choice of one or more recommendations, rather than trying to find a single answer. Very often, the right answer is the one that you can propose, explain, defend, and make work. • The Process of Analyzing a Case 1. Read and study the scenario thoroughly and efficiently. Read the scenario once for familiarity, noting issues that come to the forefront. Read the scenario again. Determine all the facts, making notes about symptoms of problems, root problems, unresolved issues, and roles of key players. Watch for issues beneath the surface. 2. Isolate the problem(s). Get a feel for the overall environment by putting yourself in the position of one of the key players. Seek out the pertinent issues and problems. 3. Analyze and evaluate alternatives. a. Once the problems and issues are isolated, work at gaining a better understanding of causes. In what area of the unit do the problems exist? Why? What caused them? Examine and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the unit’s processes (e.g., planning, communication), human behaviors, and/or exhibits (e.g., financial statements,...
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