Purpose: To become familiar with different types of figurative language used in speech. Prompt: Please identify and provide examples for at least three different types of figurative language found in Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream Speech (metaphor, repetition, etc.). Also, please provide a paragraph identifying how he uses paralanguage to effectively delivery these elements of his speech. Link to speech: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
