Deduction Letter From Birmingham Jail

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When forming an argument, it is important to have reasoning behind persuading the audience to be on your side. There are two forms of argument, induction and deduction. Induction begins with specific facts and then reaches a general conclusion about them. Deduction begins with a general statement and then infers circumstances from it. In Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.], King uses induction, in the twelfth paragraph, to explain how the black community has waited “more than 340 years” for justice. King presents his statement by stating numerous abuses that others have experienced over time. He succeeded this statement with a personal experience, explaining to his “six-year-old daughter why she [cannot] go the public amusement park”