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The speech 'I have a dream' by Martin Luther Kind, Jr. persuades Negros to their freedom of racial justice in the American society. This was achieved with the use of inclusive language, rhetorical devices such as anaphoras, metaphors and diacope. To begin with, MLK speaks about American history where the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and thus, made millions of African Americans hopeful. The metaphor present here says "a great beacon of light of hope to millions of Negro slaves". This sentence provides a visual of the great significance the Proclamation held for Black Americans, and how much dependency was put onto it. Later on in his speech, he mentions how all hope was destroyed as the lifestyles of Negros declines, subsequently exposed to discrimination. The presence of anaphora "one hundred years later, the negro..." exemplifies the frustration of the Negros when their lives aren't getting any better. They're still outcasts and in pover

        We express our thoughts through speaking the language in a way that others are able to understand your message. As long as they understand, does it really matter the way you say it? “Twtr? It’s majorly bad! Leading head teacher condemns ‘text speak’ for eroding schoolchildren’s language skills”, published by Laura Clark for the Daily Mail, literally communicates the effect of text speech in student’s academic performances, especially in the English language. The authoritarian states that the constant use of the ‘fingered speech’ limits the child’s vocabulary, accurate spelling ability and even frequent grammatical mistakes. If the words were to be complex or simple, the spelling spelt completely or as an abbreviation, the grammar correct or incorrect, would the meaning of it still change? Because I don’t think so. Professionally, you might say that the changes made to their core foundation may lead these schoolchildren to be affected in the future, perhaps while looking for j