Letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King opens his letter "My Dear Fellow Clergymen," a rhetorical choice which appeals to their

• common enemy

• jealous wives

• similar vocation

• illegal occupation

• transient beliefs

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

King uses _________ when he compares himself to Paul and Old Testament prophets

• disrespectful diction

• a series of similes

• poor analogies

• tentative compliments

• an elaborate metaphor

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

King explains his numerous affiliations to

• agree with the clergymen's claims

• build credentials for an upcoming court case

• accept the conditions of his incarceration

• counter the notion that he is an outsider

• anger Birmingham city officials

Which of the following claims does King make to attack the clergymen's faulty line of reasoning?

• all Alabama citizens were victims of a broken promise

• that the negotiations were not needed

• their "superficial . . . social analysis" dealt only with effects and not causes

• King is no longer president of the SCLC

• The clergymen were "men of genuine good will"

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"When you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown you sisters and brothers at whim" begins a series of grammatical constructions called

• independent clauses

• subordinate clauses

• noun phrases

• verb phrases

• prepositional phrases

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

King's argument rests on the idea that there are two types of laws: What are they?

• real laws and fake laws

• just laws and unjust laws

• laws for white people and laws for black people

• religious laws and secular laws

• state statutes and federal statutes

King argues that everything that Adolf Hitler did in German was _____ and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was ___________.

• legal . . . illegal

• stupid . . .smart

• supported by the United States . . .not supported by the United States

• good. . .bad

• justified . . .unjustified

King is most disappointed with

• the repentant KKK member

• the white moderate

• the cowardly KKK member

• U. S. President

• Abraham Lincoln

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

King is also troubled that the clergymen have commended which group of individuals?

• the Birmingham police force

• the Birmingham citizenry

• the court bailiffs

• the southern governors

• the children

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

King concludes his letter by praising the

• young and old activists for their courage

• clergymen for their call to unity

• media journalists for their reporting

• oppressors for their abuse

• lawyers for their arguments