USA HISTORY

What is this quote an example of¿‘I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

(A) Ethos

(B) Logos

(C) ** Pathos

Concept note-1: -Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is one very famous example of parallel structure: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

Concept note-2: -He told the crowd, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” This speech, one of the most famous of the 20th century, perfectly summarized the Civil Rights Movement.

Concept note-3: -One of the most famous anaphora examples comes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. King uses the anaphoral phrase, “I have a dream, ” to start eight consecutive sentences: I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi … will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

Concept note-4: -King personifies poverty as being trapped on a lonely island. This use of personifying poverty helped his listeners to understand exactly how segregation and discrimination negatively affected Black Americans. It isolated them and prevented them from being financially free.