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Miller, 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
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Bogumil, Mary L.; Molino, Michael R. – College English, 1990
Studies verbal pretexts, social subtexts, and interpretive contexts of works by Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Notes that cultural repression is propagated (and dispelled) in part through the power of language. Notes that these texts are relevant for teaching textual power in hopes of affecting social change. (RS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Social Change, Text Structure
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Walker, Jeffrey – College English, 1994
Examines the primary and not exclusively Aristotelian sources from which a more adequate concept of the enthymeme can be derived. Considers the relevance of that concept to the analysis of modern discourse. Analyzes works by Martin Luther King, Jr., and Roland Barthes as examples of enthymeming. (HB)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Discourse Analysis, English Instruction, Higher Education
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Vander 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