Monday, August 25, 2008

Letter from Birmingham Jail 8

What are the chief rhetorical strategies in paragraph 31? Identify at least five.

3 comments:

MinJae Lee said...

The Following rhetorical strategies found in paragraph 31 are…
Repetition "Was not... Was not... And... And..." (Sentences 2 through 8)
Rhetorical Question- "Will we be extremists for hate or for love?" (Sentence 10)
Imagery- "in that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified." (Sentence 12)
Syllogism- the three extremists on Calvary Hill, -> "Perhaps the South, the nation, and the world are in dire need of creative extremists." (Last sentence)
Voice- it is driven on the offense giving thorough basis to his justification of extremists (Jesus, Amos, Paul, Martin Luther, etc...)

JinA said...

The chief rhetorical strategies used in paragraph 31 are logos, ethos, rhetorical questions, anaphora, and pathos.
Martin Luther King uses logos in the first sentence. He gives reason why he thinks he is still an extremist.
King uses ethos when he mentions Jesus, Amos, Paul, John Bunyan, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson.
The rhetorical questions used in paragraph 31 are when Martin asks, “Will we be extremists for hate or for love?” and “Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice?”
Martin Luther King Jr. writes anaphora when he repeats words at the beginning of each sentence. (Was not... Was not... Was not...)
Pathos is mentioned in the last sentences of the paragraph. King says, "In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime---the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists."

That guy16 said...

Are there chief rhetorical strategies in paragraph 25