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1 LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL Inquiry Questions

2 QUESTION to guide our reading of and thinking about Letter from Birmingham Jail Why did this text come to be written at this particular time, by this particular author, for this particular audience

3 EXIT SLIP What do you believe Martin Luther King, Jr. s main argument is at this time Select one piece of text that supports your thoughts.

4 MLK QUESTION #1 to measure your understanding of Letter from Birmingham Jail Exit Slip Martin Luther King, Jr. repeats nonviolent direct action often. What is this and what is its importance to his argument

5 MLK QUESTION #2 to measure your understanding of Letter from Birmingham Jail Why does Dr. King reference Hitler and the events of WWII in a letter about his struggle for racial equality

6 MLK QUESTION #2 to measure your understanding of Letter from Birmingham Jail HONORS How does Dr. King use imagery in his concluding paragraph imagery: (n) visually descriptive or figurative language * used to create an effect

7 MLK QUESTION #3 to measure your understanding of Letter from Birmingham Jail Find one example of a rhetorical device in Letter from Birmingham Jail. Write it down and explain why Dr. King uses it in the text.

8 QUESTION #4 to measure your understanding of Letter from Birmingham Jail Provide an important example of Dr. King s use of your rhetorical device. Explain why you believe the example is important to Dr. King s argument.

9 Are the African Americans of Dr. King s time free

10 What is freedom and how is it lived by society

11 What is civil disobedience What does it have to do with Dr. King s argument

12 Explain what the following statement reveals about human nature:...groups are more immoral than individuals.

13 In paragraph 8, Dr. King says We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Explain the meaning of his argument in this statement.

14 Paragraph 9 includes a very long sentence made up of 9 different statements. Why did Dr. King organize this paragraph in this way What effect was he attempting to create

15 Explain the meaning of these pieces of figurative language: There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice...

16 What is Dr. King s perspective on laws How does he defend his perspective

17 Why does Dr. King reference Hitler and the events of World War II in a letter about his struggle for racial equality

18 How does Dr. King support his claim that we will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation...

19 What do the following lines mean Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson scratched across the page of history the majestic word of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.

20 How does Dr. King use imagery in his concluding paragraph

21 In paragraph 8, Dr. King says We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Explain the meaning of his argument in this statement. Explain what the following statement reveals about human nature:...groups are more immoral than individuals. Paragraph 9 includes a very long sentence made up of 9 different statements. Why did Dr. King organize this paragraph in this way What effect was he attempting to create Explain the meaning of these pieces of figurative language: There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice... What is Dr. King s perspective on laws How does he defend his perspective Why does Dr. King reference Hitler and the events of World War II in a letter about his struggle for racial equality How does Dr. King support his claim that we will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation... How does Dr. King use ethos in his letter How does Dr. King use pathos in his letter How does Dr. King use logos in his letter Why does Dr. King use imagery in his concluding paragraph

22 QUESTIONS TO SHAPE 1. Who is the author YOUR WRITING 2. By what authority does the writer write about this topic 3. What is the author trying to accomplish with this text 4. Why did this text come to be written at this particular time, by this particular author, for this particular audience 5. Who is the audience of this text 6. What decisions did the author make based on his/her understanding of the audience

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