Study these descriptions of logical fallacies.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/659/03/
Do you see any of these in Dr. King's speech?
I'm writing an essay analyzing Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech.
Does his speech contain any logical fallacies?
I can't find anything online for this and even from reading the speech.
HElp??
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No
Glittering generality:
"This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. "
"One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. "
"This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. "
"One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. "
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