Rhetoric and Letter From a Birmingham Jail

What is the argument in this letter?

• He was defending the laws already in place.
• He was fighting for woman's rights.
• Defending both his right and his moral grounds for organizing nonviolent protest activities in support of the civil rights of African Americans.
• He defends that view of breaking laws when those laws are unjust.

What does King mean in lines 37–38 when he says, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”?

• All citizens are equally threatened by justice.
• Discrimination does not exist in rural areas.
• All laws are unfair and should be ignored.
• Everyone is affected when one person is hurt.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The main focus of Dr. King’s speech is

• getting more money for America’s black population
• convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
• celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
• ending segregation and racial injustice in America

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How did Dr. King appeal to his audience? 

• He compared them to children
• He appealed to their sense of justice, fair play, and patriotism
• He reminded them of the homeland from which they have come
• He made them angry about their history by repeatedly referring to slavery 

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are the three rhetorical appeals?

• Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Ethics, Legos, Pesos
• Athos, Porthos, Aramis

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A writer's reputation is important with this appeal.

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Rhetoric

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Appeals to audience because the speaker appears trustworthy. This appeal is Greek for "character".... 

• Pathos
• Logos
• Ethos
• Rhetoric

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In paragraph 6, King describes the "hard, brutal facts of the case" in Birmingham, where he is in jail. This is an example of which appeal?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When King describes the horrors that arose out of segregation, and the difficulty of having to explain segregation to a child, he is using which rhetorical appeal?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

On page 8, when King describes the difference between unjust laws and just laws, and then explains why segregation laws are unjust, he is using what appeal?

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5