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What stylistic elements does King use to influence his readers? After reading and analyzing "Letter from Birmingham Jail," write an essay in which you answer the question and analyze structure and language in his text, providing three or more examples to illustrate and clarify your analysis. What conclusion can you draw about the power of this text?
1. Quotation & Bold statement

2. Bold statement because the sentences makes the reader want to keep reading to see if I the statements are true.

3. King's response is a masterpiece in American rhetoric. He goes through a logical response to each point

4. King's response is a masterpiece in American rhetoric. He goes through a logical response to each point. His overall tone is polite. At the end he dramictly shifts tone and shifts from straight logic to appeal to the pathos of the situation.
5. King's response is a masterpiece in American rhetoric. He goes through a logical response to each point. His overall tone is polite. At the end he dramictly shifts tone and shifts from straight logic to appeal to the pathos of the situation.
6. King's response is a masterpiece in American rhetoric. He goes through a logical response to each point. His overall tone is polite. At the end he dramictly shifts tone and shifts from straight logic to appeal to the pathos of the situation. People were protesting to get equal rights for “colored people”, to outlaw racial injustice in the USA and Martin Luther King Jr. was a big part of it. Martin Luther King Jr. used analogies and metaphors in his letter to appeal to the audience from an emotional angle and he uses figurative language and an urgent tone to make his text relatable and important.