Letter from Birmingham Jail

evoking emotion, especially pity or sadness, in the audience or reader

• pathos

• ethos

• allusion

• point of view

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?

• ministers who criticized King's efforts
• whites who arrested King for no reason
• his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• his wife and his lawyer

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Why was King in Birmingham?

• he was invited to help fight the segregation there

• he lived there

• he gave a speech there but drove over the speed limit on his way out of town

• he picked Birmingham as the next place to hold a non-violent protest

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Why use non-violent direct action?

• to force people who refuse to negotiate to confront the issue
• because they can't afford weapons
• it's easier than trying to negotiate
• to avoid speaking to the people who are causing the problem

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1B

According to King, history shows that...

• people don't like to give up their power.
• people easily listen to others and change their behavior.
• social change happens quickly, not over time.
• equality can never happen.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

"the stinging dart of segregation"

• metaphor
• simile
• allusion
• negotation

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Justice too long delayed is justice _________"

• denied.

• waiting to happen.

• soon.

• never.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has been advertised on television"

• pathos
• ethos
• metaphor
• allusion

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

King challenges other ministers to see the struggle for equality as...

• a moral concern.

• a political concern.

• a personal concern.

• not their concern.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

"Let us all hope that . . . in the not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."

• metaphor

• allusion

• direct action

• pathos

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4