Speech 1: "I Have a Dream"

In my AP English class, we will be learning public speaking skills and in doing so we will watch a couple of famous speakers doing their famous speeches. I will be uploading my notes on these speeches. The 1st speech we are listening to is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's famous "I Have a Dream speech.

   Ethos- elements of messenger that create credibility
         - can sometimes not be verbal
               - can be a way of speaking
         - can be closely knitted w/ pathos
   Pathos- appeals to the emotions of audience
   Logos- appeals to logic

Withering injustice- Poetic
      Withering- intended to make someone feel mortified or humiliated
       Injustice- lack of fairness or justice; an unjust act or occurrence
Fallacy- error
Ethos

• mass gathering of many diverse people
• allusion to Emancipation Proclamation
• uses advanced words

Pathos

• relates to black people
• very poetic speech
• appeals to hurt and pain of black people

Logos

• "100 years later"
• "insufficient funds"
• people always understand money

More you understand the more you are prepared

Use of metaphors creates understanding

allusions- Steinbeck- Shakesphere