Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL
Credit Line: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." April 16, 1963. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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?
(1 point)
• tone
O pathos
• ethos
• logos
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL
Credit Line: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." April 16, 1963. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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?
(1 point)
• tone
O pathos
• ethos
• logos
Answers
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In this statement, King employs **logos** as his rhetorical strategy. He uses logical reasoning to explain the purpose of direct action, arguing that it is necessary to create tension and force a community to confront issues that have been ignored, thereby justifying the need for such actions.
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