Letter from Birmingham Jail

Which persuasive appeal is King utilizing when he refers to his religious affiliations?

• Pathos (emotion)

• Ethos (authority)

• Logos (logic)

• Eggos (breakfast)

Identify the thesis statement (opinion, claim) in paragraph #3.

• "There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches..."

• "We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham..."

• "But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation."

• "In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: ..."

What do you think moratorium means? Use context clues!

• noun - a temporary postponement of an activity.

• verb - to pause or delay something important

• verb - to add more pressure to something

• noun - a law that declares an activity as illegal

How would you say King's tone has changed from his introduction to paragraph 4?

• cordial and pleasant to resigned and effortless

• informative and direct to humorous and anecdotal

• cordial and pleasant to frustrated and disappointed

• frustrated and disappointed to cordial and pleasant

Which phrase features an example of alliteration?

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the start of words.

• "We were confronted with blasted hopes..."

• "...the dark shadow of deep disappointment..."

• "We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved."

Which statement BEST paraphrases the underlined sentence in paragraph 5?

• Civil disobedience creates conflict in a community.

• Nonviolent direct action only causes a crisis that the community will ignore.

• Civil disobedience gets your attention.

• Civil disobedience forces a community to face a previously ignored issue.

When King writes that we suffer "from the disease of segregation" he is using which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Literal Language

Which reason BEST explains why the author chose to refer to Asia and Africa?

• To explain how these nations also battle racism and segregation, so the U.S. is not alone

• To provide an example of nations whose civil rights movements are progressing faster than the movements in the United States

• To show how the United States is also capable of moving quickly to fix problems related to segregation and racism

• All of the above

King breaks a rule by starting a sentence with "But." He can do this because he is Martin Luther King Jr. You can too, if you are in control of your writing. Ideally, when do you use "but"

• As a subordinating conjunction starting a dependent clause

• As a coordinating conjunction combining two independent clauses

• As a coordinating conjunction combining a dep. clause with an ind. clause

• As a subordinating conjunction comparing two ideas

King utilizes a stylistic tool of repetition. Starting more than one sentences with a repeated phrase is called anaphora. Which phrase is the example of anaphora?

• "But when you..."

• "and see"

• "when you..."

• "curse, kick, brutalize, and even kill"