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Letter from Birmingham Jail - Coggle Diagram
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Rhetorical Situation
fellow clergyman
the clergymen's change in attitude
address criticism and injustices
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr.
influences from race, political beliefs, and relgion
King was arrested for "race mixing"
Strongly believed in nonviolent protest
Means of persuasion
Rhetorical triangle
pathos
creates sympathy
representations of pain and suffering including childeren
ethos
establishes credibilty
giving implication of other great leaders, secular and Christian, similar to him
logos
presents the logic
justice does not surepass moral responsibilty "A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law."
Rhetorical Strategies
Evidence: drawing into extremists with references to their character and accomplishments.
style: organization and the use of similes, metaphors, and allusions. the repetition of this through parallelism.
Thesis stated: direct statement of disagreement followed by refutation