A Stylistic Analysis on “I Have A Dream”

Abstract. Based on the theories and approaches typified by Leech and Short, this paper makes a comprehensive stylistic analysis of the speech “I Have a Dream ” made by Martin Luther King with an attempt to find out how King makes his speech a remarkable delivery and how the style of the speech addresses his tone, attitude and intention, which can provide some implications for pedagogical application and enrich the techniques in English writing and making speeches