In King's speech he often used metaphors. He used metaphors to get the audience to get a visual understanding of his point. Although it was not literal, his metaphor helped the audience grasp the concept of what he was saying. Such as in the fifth paragraph he says" Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom from drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred". Although there was no literal cup it helped the audience to understand. Another example of a metaphor would be in the third paragraph when he said " America has given the negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds". This was a metaphor because the was no literal check written, but by saying this he expressed how America had forsaken African Americans when it came to upholding their word. King also used Pathos in his speech. He used Pathos to grab the audiences attention by attending to their emotions. By doing this the audience got a better understanding