Analysis of MLK Speech: Persuasive Devices
Last updated 13 March 2012, created 22 August 2008, viewed 5,397
A highlighted version of an extract from Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech. Shows examples of persuasive devices, including repetition, appeal to audience, etc. Useful as an aide-mémoire for teachers and students. Newly added (Feb 2010): a Wordle cloud showing the relative frequency of words in the extract Adapted from a resource contributed to TES Connect by tafkam
Downloads and web links
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Guide
Analysis of MLK Speech.pdf (60kb, pdf document) -
for pupils
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Posters and displays
I have a dream Wordle.pdf (204kb, pdf document)
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- Class VI / English / Speaking and Listening / Speaking and listening techniques and devices (33)
- Class VII / English / Speaking and Listening / Speaking and listening techniques and devices (33)
- Class VIII / English / Speaking and Listening / Speaking and listening techniques and devices (33)
- Class IX / English / Speaking and Listening / Speaking and listening techniques and devices (33)
- Class X / English / Speaking and Listening / Speaking and listening techniques and devices (33)
- Class XI / English / Speaking and Listening / Speaking and listening techniques and devices (13)
- Class XII / English / Speaking and Listening / Speaking and listening techniques and devices (13)
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