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Peer reviewedMiller, Keith D. – College English, 1986
Examines features of and sources for the discourse of Martin Luther King, Jr., as they relate to the language and assumptions favored by his listeners and readers in an effort to understand how speakers and writers can successfully argue from premises that audiences accept. Indicates how an understanding of King can help in composition…
Descriptors: College English, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedVander Lei, Elizabeth; Miller, Keith D. – College English, 1999
Discusses how "I Have a Dream" is the product of African-American rhetorical traditions of ceremonial protest and jeremiad speech-making, rituals that had crystallized long before King was born. Describes the peaceful essences of the March on Washington and how it was a "Ceremonial Protest." Considers the historical use of…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Leadership, Public Speaking
