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M2.Unit One, Lesson Four
In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King uses rhetorical questions, repetition, and figurative language in paragraph nine to advance his purpose of justifying the "direct action" taken in Birmingham. In the three previous paragraphs, King outlines the "four basic steps" of a nonviolent campaign in order to prove to his audience that the white leaders in Birmingham left the black community with no other alternative. In paragraph nine, King further proves this claim by saying, "You may well ask, 'Why direct action, why sit-ins, marches, and so forth?'" Through the use of rhetorical question King forces his audience to think about why direct action had to be taken. He further advances his argument in this paragraph through _________________.
M2.Unit One, Lesson Four
In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King uses rhetorical questions, repetition, and figurative language in paragraph nine to advance his purpose of justifying the "direct action" taken in Birmingham. In the three previous paragraphs, King outlines the "four basic steps" of a nonviolent campaign in order to prove to his audience that the white leaders in Birmingham left the black community with no other alternative. In paragraph nine, King further proves this claim by saying, "You may well ask, 'Why direct action, why sit-ins, marches, and so forth?'" Through the use of rhetorical question King forces his audience to think about why direct action had to be taken. He further advances his argument in this paragraph through _________________.