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Sunday, October 23, 2011

"Letter From Birmingham Jail" Style and Structure Questions (pg. 610-611)

  1. In the first four paragraphs. 
  2. Paragraph five. 
  3. Then, but, moreover, now, "Things are different now". 
  4. King shows that it is not just the black community that has had to deal with the crisis happening at the time, and to show the white clergymen and the other audience members that great minds believe in ending the battle between the two races. 
  5. To show the clergymen that he is an educated man, not just some random black man fighting for his rights. Also to give examples of situations similar to his own. 
  6. Inductive: "Now what is the difference between the two?" This leads King into the next point in his argument. Deductive: "A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God." This brings about supporting evidence on another one of King's topics. 
  7. King brings himself and the white moderates together seemingly. He wants to unite them with a common goal. King is somewhat successful in doing this. 

2 comments:

  1. i like your answer to number five because he did show that he was a little more educated (for a black guy)

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  2. I like your answers for the most part. For your number 2 I felt like it was throughout the entire thing, maybe not at the end, but other than that we agreed. I also liked what you said about him being educated.

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