
As the result of this ranking, American Speech Bank has set up the list of one hundred most significant speeches, which is then called Top-100 American Speeches of the Twentieth Century. The ranking is made under the criteria of social and political impacts and rhetorical artistry. This board assigned 137 leading scholars to rank thousands of popular American speeches delivered during the twentieth century. Then, By the end of the twentieth century, In December 1999 to be precise, an American speech community called The American Rhetoric tried to select 100 (one hundred) best American Speeches of the twentieth century. It is worthy of lengthy study as we can all learn speechwriting skills from King s historic masterpiece. is one of the most memorable speeches of all time. Key words: Rhetoric, Stylistics, Figurative Language INTRODUCTION I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. in this speech which is stylistically motivated American societies.

Beautiful words produced by Martin Luther King Jr. The motivation is literary viewed on how figurative language touching the context of American liberty and burning American emotion to go forward better. This speech is full of the concept of motivation reaching the American dream. One of his speech is I have dream which is became the best American speech of the twentieth century. Some famous speeches produced by him reaching a better life. (Stylistical Approach) Oleh: Mahasiswa S-2 Program Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Surabaya Abstract: Martin Luther King Jr.

1 SPEECH ANALYSIS: I HAVE A DREAM MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr.
