Lang and Lit Rainier Fourie

Martin Luther King Jr – “I have a Dream” In Martin Luther King Jr.’s (MLK) speech, “I have a dream”, delivered on 28 th of August 1963, uses rhetoric language and literary devices like Logos and Pathos predominately, but also metaphors, anaphoras, amplification and others to create the mood of hope and believe for African Americans. MLK wrote this speech in a tone of importance to establish the idea of injustice for African Americans. Martin Luther King delivered “I had a dream” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the Capital, Washington D.C, in front of two-hundred thousand people, both black and white. He delivered “I have a dream” in front of the symbolic and historic monument because Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, that abolished slavery for African Americans. This is significant because MLK uses the metaphor, “…But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still ...

Blog Post – Letter to the Editor – Twtr? Majorly Bad! Leading headteacher condemns ‘Text speak’ for eroding schoolchildren’s language skill Role: Concerned Parent In your latest article, “Twtr? Majorly Bad! Leading headteacher condemns ‘Text Speak’ for eroding schoolchildren’s language skill” published on 24 March 2014, you discuss how students are using improper English in their tests an exams. You discuss how children’s texting and the language they use in those texting, is corrupting and diminishing the quality of their work in school. I feel like this article speaks the truth but is flawed. My kids text me and use some of the words that you pointed out like, “innit, LOL, GTG”, and many more, that as a parent, I just don’t understand. Your point, “English is always on display, often making the difference between landing a job and having a misspelled application filed in the bin”. I totally support this agreement. What I don’t support and I feel is rubbish, ...