A Letter from Birmingham Jail and a Call for Unity

Identify the rhetorical appeal Dr. King employs:

"...when you have to concoct an answer for a five-year-old son who is asking: 'Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?'..."

• ethos

• kairos

• logos

• pathos

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/

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.

In his opening paragraph, King says that he rarely pauses to answer criticisms, but he is replying to the clergymen because

• their actions were unwise and untimely.

• their letter shows them to be extremists.

• he believes them to be sincere and good.

• he wants his letter to bring about change.

Which of the following is not a step in Dr. King's nonviolent campaign?

• negotiation

• collection of facts

• direct action

• disappointment

Dr. King did not fear this and thought it was necessary to move the Civil Rights agenda forward

• attack dogs

• criticism

• tension

• arrest

Where was Martin Luther King Jr. arrested in 1963?

• Washington D.C.

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Memphis, Tennessee

• Atlanta, Georgia

What rhetorical device does Dr. King use when he writes, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Alliteration

• D) Hyperbole

In 'A Letter from Birmingham Jail,' what does Dr. King say is the purpose of nonviolent direct action?

• A) To provoke violence

• B) To create a crisis and foster negotiation

• C) To gain media attention

• D) To disrupt daily life

Which literary technique is used in the phrase 'the stinging darts of segregation'?

• A) Personification

• B) Metaphor

• C) Simile

• D) Irony