Prompt: Think about a speech, song, or message that has inspired or motivated you. How did the speaker or writer use language to make an impact? Connect your experience to at least one rhetorical device you identified in Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

 Prompt Response: A song that has inspired, motivated, or even changed the way I behave as a person is called "Coward Of The Country" by Kenny Rogers. This song, to me, conveys a strong message explaining that fighting is not the answer. The song, to me, also explains how being a strong individual is walking away from the situation before it escalates. Kenny Rogers uses pathos a lot to convey the message that fighting is not the answer and that being the stronger person is walking away and showing kindness. I really felt my emotions stirring, and the song itself made me think and do the right thing. Whenever I am in a tough situation, sometimes I think of this song, and I walk away from the situation, and I always feel good about myself for not escalating the situation even more. One rhetorical device that I noticed in this song that I identified today is repetition. Kenny Rogers repeats this line a handful of times in the song to make what he is saying clear and unforgettable, and it worked for me because that is the one line that sticks out to me in the song. The line is "Son, you don't have to fight to be a man." 

Summary: Today in class, we focused on analyzing the whole paper of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. We watched the video, followed along with our paper, and analyzed the paper based on rhetorical devices used and more. We also identified some words with their denotative and connotative meaning. We then had some free time to study before we take our rhetorical device quiz tomorrow in class.

Reflection: This lesson helped me even more with analyzing a text and identifying rhetorical devices and other devices used in this inspirational speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I feel that after this lesson, I can analyze a text much better, and I feel I can identify words and define them based on their denotative and connotative meaning. This lesson helped me a lot, and I feel much more prepared going forward.

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