Purpose
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a beacon of light..."
Unite/motivate the people to keep fighting for equal rights
"...desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice..." (Martin Luther King)
Ethos
Audience
"I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations..." (Martin Luther King)
Pathos
"But one hundred years later, the Negro is still not free..." (Martin Luther King)
Diction
American citizens
Logos
