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Discourse analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” and Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address”:

Nodal point of Martin Luther King’s speech:

Chain of Equivalence in the speech - meaning, connotations and effect:

Comparison between King and Lincoln + discussion on the use of manifest intertextuality:

Second and third paragraph - chain of difference:

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Discourse analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” and Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address”:

In this discourse analysis I will go through the nodal point of “I Have a Dream”, the chain of equivalence with finding the meaning, connotations, and effect of the words.

After I will compare King’s discourse to Lincoln’s and discuss King’s use of manifest textuality.

Lastly, I will look in the second and third paragraph of “I Have a Dream” and find out if there is a chain of difference.

Nodal point of Martin Luther King’s speech:
There are a few examples throughout his speech that could qualify to being the nodal point.

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Martin Luther King makes use of all the appeal forms in his speech, along with several rhetorical devices.

For example, King ends his speech very emotionally by creating an image of people with different races holding hands together:

“Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” - This gives the audience the feeling of hope, freedom, and brotherhood, which are all words in the chain of equivalence.

By using the appeal form of pathos, King creates the effect of unity, despite the serious issues he has described throughout the speech.