Excerpt from i have a dream martin luther king, jr. 2 five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. 3 but one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. so we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. which is the best analysis of the dramatic convention used in sections two and three. a) cosmic irony is used by king to show the great injustice that has been done to african-americans by america. b) verbal irony is used when dr. king says one thing about the emancipation proclamation but really means another. c) emotional irony is used to upset and distract the audience when dr. king brings up the emancipation proclamation. d) situational irony is used to highlight the disparity between the expected results of the emancipation proclamation and actual results.