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Thesis Information:
Author: Martin Luther King JR.
Prompt Name: I have a dream
Rhetorical Mode: Persuasive
Subject: Equality
Audience: civil rights activists and antagonists of
said cause
Occasion: in front of the Lincoln memorial,
during the marches for equality
Tone: Empowering
Shifts: shifts from the dark oppression of
injustices in society to the bright, joyous
prospect of the future
Purpose: to encourage the audience to continue
fighting until justice prevails, ridding America of
segregation
SQ: Free at last (37)
Why: to ensure racial equality

Thesis Sentence:
In Martin Luther King Jr.s empowering I Have a Dream he persuades the civil rights activists and antagonists of
equality in front of the Lincoln memorial, during the marches of equality; Lincoln shifts from the dark oppression of
injustices in society to the bright, joyous prospect of the future to encourage the audience to continue fighting until
justice prevails, ridding America of segregation to ensure racial equality so they will be free at last(37).

Assertion 1 Concept: Recognize the struggle and hardships of the negro
Author: Martin Luther king Jr.
Assertion Concept: Recognize the struggle and hardships of the negro
To/by Statement: (basic verb: to prove)
Purpose/why:

Assertion Sentence:

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Assertion 2 Concept: bright future for America
Adverbial Clause (Trans. +Previous Ass idea): By recognizing the struggle and hardships of the Negros they can build
upon the fundamentals of America and bring a brighter better future about, that includes equality for all.
Author: Martin Luther King Jr.
Assertion Concept: to realize the bright future for America
To/by Statement: (basic verb: to prove) to prove that America has a promising future by persuading them so.
Purpose/why: to realize the promising future for America

Assertion Sentence:
In I Had a Dream King Jr. realizes the bright future for America to prove that America has a promising future by
persuading them by realizing the promising future.
Purpose/why: to realize the promising future for America
ADJ + DEVICE + TEXTUAL EVIDENCE: COMMENTARY:
1. Symbolic + Allusion to Lincoln + four score years
ago
Placement of the device is in the second
paragraph very close to the beginning of the
essay. (why: it is important because Lincoln used
the same phrase as the beginning words in his
speech)
This is an allusion because it refers to Lincoln
without directly referencing him.
Back when Lincoln made his speech the
Gettysburg address, he was able to bring good
change for the Negros.(why: because Lincoln was
able to free the slaves with his essay that started
out this way.)
The device is important because it refers to
Lincoln, the one who was able to free the slaves!
King decides to use this device so early in the
essay because that is when Lincoln used it.
The usage effects the audience because most of
them know that Lincoln used those words (why:it
is effective because they are all free from slavery
because of Lincoln)
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2. Sanguine + allusion to DOI + all men, yes, black
men as well as white men, would be granted the
unalienable Rights of life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness.(P16-17)
The placement the device is important because it
was placed near the beginning of the essay.
This device is functioning as an allusion to the
declaration of independence by indirectly
referring to it.
The usage of this device contributes to the
overarching tone by contributing to the
hopefulness of the speech.
This device is important because it refers to the
declaration of independence.
The author uses the device at this time because
he is talking about how the Negros had been
treated unequally to the whites which was
against the DOI
The device affects the audience by using
verisimilitude. It is effective because it makes it
seem real.
This device relates to the purpose because it talks
of a brighter better food.
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3. Ominous+ foreshadowing + knowing that
somehow this situation can and will be
changed(P15)

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Assertion 3 Concept:
Adverbial Clause (Trans. +Previous Ass idea):
Author:
Assertion Concept:
To/by Statement: (basic verb: to prove)
Purpose/why:

Assertion Sentence:

EVIDENCE: COMMENTARY:
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