Structure
How does MLK's use of Ethos support his later arguments of inequality?
What is his experience in southern state supported his later argument that inequality anywhere is inequality everywhere.
What allusions does he use?
What is biblical allusion.
What alliteration is used in the following quote?
"...segregation gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority."
What is Consonance.
What is a derogatory anecdote he faced?
What is being called names
What is the intended Audience?
What are white clergymen?
When king says "cup of endurance" what style is king using?
What is metaphorical
What is the kind of structuring used?
What is compare and contrast.
What are the rhetorical devices used?
What is use of allusion, metaphor, simile, repetition, ethos, pathos and logos
How did King use allusion for his purpose?
What is the use of biblical allusion to persuade the clergymen.
In the letter why does Martin Luther King use historical appeal?
What is comparison of morally correct actions considered illegal.
What is the type?
What is social commentary?
What style does King use in the following quote?
"we know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by oppressor, it must be demanded by oppressed"
What is use of a firm and serious style.
How does the letter use paragraphs to respond to the clergymen's criticism?
What is the response of each section.
What is the tone of the letter?
What is direct and firm.
What is the syntax in the following quote?
"One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty."
What is "...must do so openly, lovingly and with a willingness...".