Within the "Letter"
The claim made against King's works/protests.
What is "unwise and untimely"?
The "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is written from what point of view?
What is First Person POV
Give the name or the acronym of the civil rights group for which Dr, King served as president.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
This is the rhetorical appeal that deals specifically with emotions.
What is Pathos?
King states that normally he does not take the time to answer criticisms. Why does he take the time to answer "A call to unity"?
What is because they are are his colleagues and he figures that they are genuine men of good will.
The reason King, in his letter, lists all the ways he has tried to work with government officials prior to protesting.
What is to show that his protests are not "untimely"?
Identify one of the moods that King conveys in the line, " I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers."
What is apologetic or humble?
King refers to these two groups of people in order to justify his protests as reasonable and right?
Who are the complacent and Who are the bitter/aggressive?
When king says "As African Americans, our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us" is an example of what?
What is pathos?
The reason King lists past historical "extremists" in his letter.
What is to show that his work is not "unwise"?
The reason King uses the repetition of "when you" after the statement, "Perhaps, it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, 'Wait'".
What is to list the reasons/injustices faced on a daily basis by African Americans?
This is the landmark case that overturned the "separate but equal" verdict of Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education 1954
When King says " The purpose of our direct-action program is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation" Is an example of which rhetorical device?
What is Logos?
The three types of reasons King uses to justify his presence in Birmingham.
What is
1. Organizational
2. Religious/Historical
3. Moral
Dr. King alludes to these two former presidents and the documents that they are famous for indoctrinating to support the notion that African Americans deserve all of the rights of all other U.S citizens.
What is Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration of independence and Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation?
When King says "I have the honor of serving as president of the SCLC, an organization operating in every southern state with headquarters in Atlanta Georgia. He is utilizing which rhetorical device
What is Ethos?
According to King, the way a law is unjust.
What is when the law is applied so that only a select group has to follow it?
When King says "injustice is like a boil in that can never be cured so long as it is covered up.They both must be opened up to air and light so that what needs to be exposed can be." that is an example of what literary device.
What is a simile?
Who was President when Dr. King wrote "Letter From Birmingham Jail"?
Who is JFK?
When Dr. King says that "privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily, he is utilizing which rhetorical device?
What is Logos