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Prefixes to Start With discussion “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Tuesday Prefixes to Start With discussion “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Rhetorical Analysis Photo: http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper1146/stills/6iuqwp3g.jpg

Rhetorical Analysis: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Pick out King’s main idea. How does he support it? What is King biased for? Against? How does this bias affect King’s argument? Give examples from history to support the quote: “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed” (176).

Background and Conflict (pgs. 172-177) Underline emotionally loaded words in the text List the injustices King mentions in the paragraph at the bottom of pg. 176 and top of pg. 177 What unjust laws might King be referencing? What laws today could be considered unjust? On their own in Cornell Notes

Regarding Justice What does King say makes a just law? What makes an unjust law? What requirements does King give for breaking an unjust law? Why does King show respect for laws he considers unjust? Do you think that people have to obey laws that they did not help create? Why or why not? Review previous with [partner and these with partner

Regarding Enemies & “Obnoxious Peace” What group is an enemy of equal rights, according to King? Why does he think they are an enemy to the cause? What does King say is necessary to “transition from an obnoxious negative peace” (180)? Why does he find that peace obnoxious and negative?

Regarding Freedom & Progress What is the “myth concerning time in relation to freedom”? What is required for human progress (181)? What are the “two forces in the Negro community”? What do those two forces stand for?