IR + "Letter From Birmingham Jail" Rhetoric Review

Pick one vocab word from your reading today that you didn't know. Look it up and write the word + definition here.
No words you didn't know? Look up the word of the day on Miriam Webster and define!

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is ethos?

• An attempt to make yourself seem ethical

• An attempt to make yourself seem credible

• An attempt to make yourself seem trustworthy

• An attempt to make yourself seem logical

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In an argument, someone cites evidence from an expert in their field. This could be considered...

• An attempt to seem logical

• An attempt to seem ethical

• An attempt to make the audience emotional

• An attempt to seem credible

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In his "Letter from Birmingham Jail", Dr. MLK Jr. uses a lot of sophisticated and formal vocabulary: "our present activities" (King 1), "sincerely set forth" (King 1), "notorious reality" (King 1), "moratorium" (King 1). How does King's word choice add to his ETHOS? (Use your notes if needed!)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Dr. MLK Jr. begins his letter, "My dear fellow clergymen" (King 1). (clergymen = leaders of religious organizations). Consider: How does King's word choice here add to his appeal to PATHOS?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which animal would be the WORST to ride to school? Draw it on the background here.