"Letter from Birmingham Jail" & "On Nonviolence"
Mohandas Gandhi 1869-1948 Indian leader for independence non-violent protest often arrested and imprisoned
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968 civil right leader inspired by Thoreau assassinated
Literary Skills Focus: Parallelism repetition of similar grammatical structure both sides of sentence balanced Ex: He is going to the game and is going to eat
Reading Skills Focus: Persuasive Techniques logical appeals: appeal to reason ethical appeals: appeals to right and wrong & credibility of speaker emotional appeals: appeals to the heart
Example of Logical Appeals
Example of Ethical Appeal
Example of Emotional Appeal
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