AP Language and Composition “It’s a theologian Thursday!” February 14, 2008 Mr. Houghteling
AGENDA Quick Quiz MLK Online ReadingVocabulary Quindlen Q and A
QUICKQUIZ 1. Why was Martin Luther King jailed in Birmingham? 2. What are the four basic steps in any non- violent campaign that King discusses in his Letter from a Birmingham jail? 3. Why did King say that he was in Birmingham? 4. What did Birmingham merchants promise in the September negotiating sessions?
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” -- Vocabulary forbearancegadfly cognizantominous provincialharried moratoriumparadox unfetteredprecipitate Definition / Discuss its use in the text.
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” -- Allusions Paul / Tarsus / Macedonia Socrates St. Augustine / St. Aquinas Nebuchadnezzar Boston Tea Party Adolf Hitler / Hungary Page 269! hemlock Make sure you know what these mean!
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” Online Text The red one is a rhetorical analysis. This one is a quick quiz.