What rhetorical device is the following quote most likely an example of? "When you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs reading 'white' and 'colored'"

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the basis for King’s argument against the idea that he is an outsider who came to Birmingham?

• He was born in Birmingham.

• He has organizational ties in Birmingham.

• He has many relatives in Birmingham.

• He went to college in Birmingham.

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

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.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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.

According to King, the purpose of direct nonviolent action is to

• end the bombings of homes and churches.

• create tension so that people have to confront an issue.

• halt the activities of both merchants and consumers.

• draw the sympathy of the religious community and moderate whites.

Dr. King alludes to Paul Tillich's opinion that sin is separation to...

• illustrate that he reads the Bible.

• show church leaders how they have sinned.

• strengthen his argument against segregation.

• suggest that Paul Tillich is on his side.

An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law or natural law. Dr. King uses this allusion to St. Thomas Aquinas to...

• encourage citizens to break laws they disagree with.

• support the view that segregation laws are unjust.

• assert that all laws must be obeyed.

• impress other clergymen with his knowledge.

What is the basis for King’s argument against the idea that he is an outsider who came to Birmingham?

• He was born in Birmingham.

• He has many relatives in Birmingham.

• He has organizational ties in Birmingham.

• He went to college in Birmingham/

Why does Dr. King say that he is answering the clergymen?

• They have acted in an unwise way.

• King uses letter-writing to bring about change.

• Their letter shows them to be extremists.

• He believes them to be sincere and good.

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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