Jazz from A to Z Lesson Plan Template Title of the Lesson: Analysis of Martin Luther Kings “I Have a Dream” Speech for Rhetoric (logos‚ pathos‚ ethos) Subject: English Grade: 11th grade Common Core Standard for Reading‚ Writing or Speaking and Listening: Reading: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text‚ including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text. (11-12
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Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail Heart-felt Main Points Martin Luther King was an extreme advocate of nonviolent protests in order to achieve social changes. He was the leader of nonviolent protests against segregation “Negros” and “Whites”. Unfortunately‚ his nonviolent protests to obtain equality between “Negros” and “Whites” were unsuccessful. Additionally‚ Birmingham City passed a stipulation prohibiting street marches without approval to do so. Therefore‚ King took action
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have said anything in this letter that overstates the truth and indicates an unreasonable impatience‚ I beg you to forgive me. If I have said anything that understates the truth and indicates my having patience‚ I beg God to forgive me” (King 301). Martin Luther King Jr. writes an argumentative letter defending demonstrations against segregation. While serving eight days in prison for participating in protests in Birmingham‚ King writes his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (293). King is effective
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In Dr. Martin Luther King’s letter from Birmingham‚ he targeted specific people who he wrote the letter for including everybody. Specifically he targeted the clergymen who made laws at that time. Dr. King was the foremost civil rights leader in America in the 1950s and 1960s who was ordained minister and held a doctorate in theology. Dr. King fought against segregation between Black Americans and White Americans. Black Americans were forced to sit behind buses and kids were to use old books and
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About Logos Philo asserts that our actions and pursuits do not define our identity‚ but rather inner logic. The informer of this logic is dependent on the culture to which you were born into or the culture which you chose. To our disadvantage‚ a plethora of people are creating their identity based on the role that dominant culture forcibly assigns them. The leaders of dominant culture hide certain truths to oppress us. The logos in LACE is structured differently. Whereas the participants of other
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Civil Rights advocate‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ in his ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’‚ discusses the cruelty and unjust consequences black people endure while acknowledging the inequity of their undying patience in chapter fourteen. King’s purpose is to address the atrocious situations that African Americans undergo in order to establish a strong argument while defending the importance of civil rights. King creates a different perspective for the clergymen. In addition‚ King adopts a skeptical and
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America in the 1960’s was far from what the Great Emancipator idealized when he issued a declaration in which all slaves were granted their unconditional freedom. Society lived in contradiction to the 14th and 15th Amendments of the Supreme Law of the Land‚ deliberately putting barriers on the Black vote and implementing the ‘Jim Crow Laws’. United States was polarized‚ no doubt‚ and the Black community was the target of segregation and inequality. Blacks everywhere suffered from inhumane treatment‚ violence
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Luther King makes a response to an article published in the Birmingham newspaper about his activities in the city. He believed that the criticisms of the clergymen deserved an answer. This applies to the statement made in the beginning of his letter “My dear fellow clergyman.” Throughout the letter his serious and matter-of-fact tone made a deep impression on the reader so that empathy is created towards the African American community. The letter was based on a total of nine criticisms; one of them being
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Dr. Martin Luther King Juniors use of Ethos & Pathos in his “I have a dream” speech. On August 28‚ 1963‚ people around the nation tuned into hear several civil rights speeches going on in Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of those civil rights speakers‚ and that day he gave his famous “I have a dream” speech. In Dr. Martin Luther King Juniors speech‚ he spoke about unifying the nation‚ to create a place where Americans “will not be judged by the color of your skin but by the content
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