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Vocabulary
Literary Devices
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Ethos, Logos, Pathos
100
Who specifically was Dr. King addressing in "Letter From Birmingham Jail"?
Who are several clergyman from Alabama.
100
Provide a synonym and an antonym for "Cognizant"
What is are aware and unaware or alert and aloof
100

The "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is written from what point of view?

What is First Person POV

100
Give the name and the acronym of the civil rights group for which Dr, King served as president.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Leadership Conference (SCLC)
100
This is the rhetorical appeal that deals specifically with emotions.
What is Pathos?
200
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.
200
From what activity did Dr. King agree to a moratorium with the Birmingham Economic Community?
What is demonstrating and protesting, if they agreed to remove racist signs.
200

Identify one of the moods that King conveys in "Letter From Birmingham Jail"

What is hopeful, sad, disrespectful, eager, ashamed, angry, unfair

200
To refute the idea that he is an extremist Dr. King referred to this leader and his group as the actual extremist and said that they though of all whites as "incurable devils"
Who is Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam
200
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?
300
Identify the two kinds of laws that Dr. King speaks about.
What are are "just" and "unjust" laws
300
Define Anarchy
What is complete lawlessness and political disorder
300

Give an example of a man v. nature conflict in "Letter From Birmingham Jail."

What is African Americans v racism/oppression

300
This is the landmark case that overturned the "separate but equal" verdict of Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education 1954
300
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?
400
Why did Dr. King move from negotiation to direct action after meeting with the Birmingham Economic Council
What is they removed signs but ultimately put them back
400
Use the word "Engulfed" correctly in a sentence. must be relative to "Letter From Birmingham Jail"
Varies
400

What is the theme or main idea of "Letter From Birmingham Jail"?

What is that African American community could no longer wait for their rights, they had no choice but to take direct action.

400
Dr. King quotes 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.
400
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?
500
Why is Dr. King so impressed with Reverend Stallings?
What is because he opened his church to people of color and allowed them to worship freely.
500
Give an example of an individual (s) who would be a good example of the word "Vitality"
Who are all of the supporters that were demonstrating and protesting with him.
500

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 analogy or simile

500
Who was President when Dr. King wrote "Letter From Birmingham Jail"?
Who is JFK?
500
When Dr. King says that "privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily, he is utilizing which rhetorical device?
What is Logos