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Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King's Speech

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“I have a dream” by Martin Luther king teaches us how we are all equal and that we shouldn’t discriminate one another by their looks, skin color, or anything. He does an excellent job with his word usage and metaphors. The way he compares justice with bouncing a check really helps to get his point across. The way that he talks most likely gave a lot of people a reason to listen, because he sounded like he knew what he was talking about. The way he references the Lord and the Declaration of Independence showed how we are all the same. The Lord did not discriminate and neither did the Declaration. “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln reminds the audience of the basis on which the country was founded by liberty and equality. His writing

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