Any article written by Martin Luther King is persuasive. By using the three elements of persuasion, ethos, pathos, and logos any article will effective convince the audience. In King’s letter from Birmingham jail and his “I Have a Dream Speech” used all arts of persuasion to effectively arrive at the point that was necessary for action. On the opposing subjective view, the Clergymen attempted to persuade the public using only one of the persuasive elements: logos. I believe that the most coaxing way to address the public is to use all three elements of persuasion as Martin Luther Kings expressed.
First, the Clergymen from Alabama fail to use all elements of persuasion. If you are persuading a large group to act on your behalf,
all forces of artillery must be used. In the ministers’ case, the ammunition used lacked a substantial use of pathos and ethos to persuade the public. They used logos to persuade the public thoroughly, but that was nothing compared to what Martin Luther King presented to the public.
As history was written, Martin Luther King Jr. was a main contributor to the book in America known as the “Civil Rights Movement” with his persuasion. In his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech and the Letter from Birmingham Jail, he did than just communicate to the public, he persuaded the people. By using factual information he concocted logos into his arguments. Also, appealing to the publics’ emotions, he used pathos in his valid arguments. Finally, Martin Luther castoff the appeal to authority by using the element of coaxing known as ethos. Overall. King grabbed my attention by appealing to all elements of persuasion.
The speeches and text presented to the public from Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. far surpassed those of the Clergymen from Alabama. The most effective coaxing method when lecturing public is to use all three elements of persuasion as Martin Luther Kings expressed. If your argument is limited to only one of the three elements of persuasion, as was the Clergymens’, you will fall short in gaining the publics support. Concluding, in simplistic terms, the most support will be awarded to the lead party with the most persuasive elements in their argument.