View and Critique

Choose one of the following speeches to view and critique.

Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream Speech. August 28, 1963 (Links to an external site.)

John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address. January 20, 1961 (Links to an external site.)

Write a paper that includes, but is not limited to the following:

• What was the goal of the speech?
• Who was the audience for the speech?
• What was the setting?
• Overview of the speech
• Was this speech effective? Why or why not?
• What was the introduction? Did it grab your attention? Why or why not?
• What were the transitions from one idea to another?
• What were the main ideas in the body of the speech? Were the ideas clear?
• What was the conclusion? Did it have a call to action? If so, what was it?