Question

King says, “You may well ask: 'Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?' You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.”

Which rhetorical strategy does King employ with this statement?

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Responses

pathos
pathos

logos
logos

tone
tone

ethos

Answer 1

In this statement, Martin Luther King Jr. primarily employs **logos**. He presents a logical argument for the use of direct action by explaining its purpose: to create tension that forces a community to confront issues that have been ignored. His reasoning highlights the necessity of direct action as a precursor to negotiation, using logical progression to support his point.