MLK LFABJ Student Questions & Rhetorical Terms

“On sweltering summer days and crisp autumn mornings I have looked at the South’s beautiful churches” is what?

"Isn't this like condemning Jesus because his... devotion to God's will precipitated... crucifixion?"

 "Just as Socrates felt it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so individuals could rise from the bondage..."

areference to someone or something outside of the text (literary works, famous individuals, historical events)

When King mentions famous people in U.S. history, he accomplishes appealing to which rhetorical appeals?

In the context of Dr. King’s letter what does the word “extremist” mean?

the use of stylistic devices that reveal an author's attitude about a subject

What was the main reason why Dr. King was in Birmingham?

Which best describes the tone of the first paragraph of Letter From Birmingham Jail?

What is being used here? “I beg you to forgive me…. I beg God to forgive me.”

the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences

  Appeal reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert  

What is Dr. King's tone when referring to the White moderate?

Identify the device:"[T]he Negro's great stumbling block... is not the... Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate"

Greek for “character.” Speakers appeal to ethos to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy on a given topic. 

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

In what way does King say one should break an unjust law?

"Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the U.S. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known."

"So let him march; let him make prayer pilgrimages to city hall; let him go on freedom rides"

Which of the followingis not one of four basic steps?

Identify the tone: "all too many others have been more cautious than courageous and have remained silent"

Rhetorical device? "..that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation"

Why did Martin Luther King claim the churches in Birmingham were a disappointed?

What was the author's purpose repeating the word "extremist" through paragraphs 30-36?