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Ethos Pathos Logos In Letter From Birmingham Jail

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Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter From Birmingham Jail In Dr. King's letter from Birmingham jail he speaks of a social issue that is extremely relevant and important to today's society, this issue is institutional racism. In the letter to the clergymen, King uses the rhetorical appeals ethos, logos, and pathos. To me only two are truly effective in provoking thought.The combination of logos and pathos in King’s letter is very compelling because it causes an examination of conscious for the clergymen, whereas the use of ethos was not as effective. The words he uses are charged with the his affliction to incite guilt in this logos-pathos is effective in exposing immoral behavior the clergymen we have waited for more
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