One figure of speech that MLK uses is similes when he he refers to his cause "like a mighty stream." Another figure of speech is anaphora when MLK repeats the phrase "If I had sneezed" and then follows it with a prediction for the future.
MLK was a great public speaker and because of this people would travel far and wide to hear is message. His message was simple, equality for all people. He was also a great leader like moses MLK foreshadows his own death by saying "I have seen the promised land. I may not get there with you."
MLK and Moses know that they are not the ones who are in control. God is in control and both Moses and MLK know that their people will get to the promised land.
The ending of the speech is rhetorically effective in that it the link between Moses's speech and MLK's point to a better future for their people.
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