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Repetition In King's Speech

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Finally, King made repetition all through his speech to clearly boost his ideas as he repeat the phrase “I have a dream” (king1) he is able to plainly outline his ideas and create an effective coherence among his audience. By way of constant repetition, King aims to emphasize his point in the readers mind. King stress on specific phrases by repeating them at the beginning of sentences. For example King said “let freedom ring from the stone of Mountain of Georgia” (6). King has repeated” let freedom ring” phrases at the beginning of many sentences, which set the pattern, and further reputation of this phrase underscore the pattern and increase the rhetorical effect of his speech. In fact kings repeat the” let freedom ring” twenties times all

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