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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.

Read the paragraph beginning with “You deplore the demonstrations …” and ending with “left the Negro community with no other alternative.” Compared to the word dislike, what kind of connotation does the word deplore have?

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Responses

Deplore has a more negative connotation.

Deplore has a more positive connotation.

Deplore has a more casual connotation.

Deplore has a more formal connotation.

Answer 1

Deplore has a more negative connotation.