Letter from Birmingham City Jail | Rhetori by Mia Pedraza Cordero

Rhetorical Situation

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Identify the Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Tone of the Text

Purpose

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the purpose of why martin Luther King is to make the white clergymen understand that he can no longer wait because in reality they're not gonna change anything. MLK writes down true emotional events about what color people have to go through as to try and make them understand that this is no joke. and they have to through painful horrible events all because they don't like the color of they're skin.

Speaker 🎤

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Martin Luther King Jr is the man who spoke up for all.He was born in January 15,1929 MLK's childhood was faded with cruel reality segregation, being barred from playing with white playmates due to their parents segregationist views.Hes known for his achievements for fighting for equal rights in areas that have injustice. but he's known as the president of the southern Christian leadership conference from a organization operating in every southern state with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia having EightyFive affiliated orgainizations across the south and one of them being the alabama Christian. This is where MLK wrote the infamous letter from the Birmingham city jail. as he deserves to be noticed for the accomplishments he overcame to get where he is at now just for him to be treated differently due to the color of his skin.

Occasion

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The occasion took place in 1983 in Birmingham Alabama.The white clergymen would hold rally's for segregation for the city to remove all blacks.While colored people have to sit in silence because protesting was BANNED. They are forced to pay a high bail and get attack for protesting. In April 12, 1963 martin Luther King Jr was arrested due to this law and this is where Martin Luther King Jr takes place in writing his famous letter from the Birmingham city jail in solitary confinement.

Audience

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The audience was the white clergymen and the white church and the town who was convinced that colored people should be segregated from the whites by the segregationists by holding rallys to promote segregation

Tone

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The tone of MLK letter is passionate, urgent, persuasive and impatient. Martin Luther King uses a formal tone but makes it known from expressing deep disappointment in the white Sergymen and the church. he uses all 3 rhetorical appeals to protest in segregation while using non violence strategies

Rhetorical Analysis

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Pathos

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pathos is using emotion appeals. it helps the writer try to persuade the reader by giving a emotional response like sympathy, anger, fear and guilt trip.

Logos

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Logos means appeals of logic or reasoning. A writer uses logos to prove a point by using facts, logical reasoning and evidence.

Ethos

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Ethos means credibilty.The speaker uses true facts from they're resource or a solid arguement to make sense.

As you complete your final assessment, please remember the following learning targets 🎯

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Here’s what you will be doing for our FINAL ASSESSMENT

📖 🧠|Demonstrate you can read a grade-level text by showing comprehension of the text
🔎 Identify an author’s CLAIM and DEVELOPMENT OF CLAIM
🔺 Identify the Rhetorical Situation
🧠 ✝️ ♥️ Conduct a rhetorical analysis by examining the use of Pathos, Logos, and Ethos, while also considering the speaker's strategic writing choices to reach their audience and achieve their purpose.
📝 Use academic language and develop a well-written response (R.A.C.E. Writing Strategy)

You can show your learning by the PADLET features (Think outside the BOX - Show OFF Your Creativity)

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There are several features available to help you complete the tasks. Try your best to incorporate a variety of features:

✏️Writing - type out your responses
🖼️ Visuals - Images, GIFs, Emojis,
📷 Photos - Use your Device Camera to take a picture or add to your response
📹 Video Recording - Record yourself speaking your responses in a short video clip
🗣️ Audio Recording - Speak your responses into your device's mic and add your voice to each POST

To Get Started ✅

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Open Padelt site on your device
Create a new Padlet (Pink Box in Top Left Corner)
Click on Blank Board
On the next screen, select "Canvas"
Begin Creating your Layout (same as Mr. Valiente)
Add Title and Subtitle
Change layout / appearance as you prefer

Textual Evidence

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"for our conistutional and God given rights"

Explanation

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MLKs purpose is to use his understanding of the law to show that hes not acting recklessly.He explains the different between fair and unfair laws. He argues ab how it's against the law to take away they're conistutional rights because of racism.He gives the readers credibility as someone impatient and frustrated but not not emotionally reacting.

Meaning

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MLK builds his argument by showing why segregration is unjustified.he discusses how segregation violates moral law and the law of God. making it wrong for any Christian who supports. He uses ethos and by this his audience undstood that segregation isn't any political problem but racial profile any color person.

Significance

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King use ethos to ensure that his arguement are not just emotions. but also deeply into the laws. by doing so he ,makes his case more compelling to those who might otherwise reject the movement because they do not see it as reasonable doubt.

Textual Evidence

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"but when you seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim.When you have seen hate filled policemen curse,kick and even kill your brothers and sisters when you see the vast majority of your twenty million (color) brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society."

Explanation

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MLK's purpose is to give out a vision or a vivid imagery of traumatic events kids and parents have to go through. hitting deeply into racism. Affecting personal stiring rage and sorrow for the reader. Giving the clergymen and the white chuch understanding that they go through painful sufferings due to injustice.

Meaning

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Martin Luther King Jr explains why he cannot wait any longer to fight against racism injustice by arguing over the fact he cannot ignore this issue after being told to let the higher ups take care of the situation. MLK wants to take action due to the causes the color community have to deal with. And being forced to watch theyre dreams being crushed because of segregration.

Significance

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The use of the appeal helps Martin Luther King Jr form a compelling argument for his audience by clearly explaining why the civil rights movement could not wait. showing that using non violence protests were necessary to fight unfair racism laws.pathos makes a big impact in this letter helped people understand that being silent and waiting for a chance was the main problem.

Textual Evidence

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"we have waited for more than 340 years.)

Explanation

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MLKs purpose is to convince the audience that the need for a change is urgent and waiting any longer would be unfair and wrong. MLK uses logos to talk about how many centuries they hadto wait over unfair racism laws. His arguement is to fight for justice expressing enough is enough,action must happen now.

Meaning

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King argues that the idea of waiting for a better time to fight for justice is not only wrong but he uses logical reasoning to demonstrate that waiting only keeps everything the same and suffering of black people. making it hard to get equality. his logic is simple, if change doesn't happen now it will never happen.

Significance

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King doesn't rely on emotional appeals to create empathy for blaack people suffering. he uses logical reasoning to demonstrate that injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.

Media Connections

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As you begin to make connections to the real world, your lived experiences, or your own life, add the following types of media:

3 news media links about relevant topics
2 links on news video reports on related topics
5 media photographs showing captured moments of racial tension
5 REAL images of MLK in different moments of the period
3 pieces of art (painting, murals, sculptures, memorials, social media, etc.) made about the movement/period / or connected topics
2 songs that you listen to or feel connect to the topic

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Subject

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the subject of MLK's letter is giving out examples of events that happened to color people. he gives out many painful situation to give the white men better vision of why he's so angry about the fact nothing has been done.

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