In "Letter From a Birmingham Jail", an extremely powerful letter to Alabama clergymen, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. uses cause and effect, process and analysis and exemplification to respond to the claim that his non violent protests are extreme. Aiming to show what would have happened if his ideas had not been supported, King uses cause and effect. In paragraph 29, King writes "if this philosophy had not emerged, by now many streets of the south would, I am convinced, be flowing with blood." He uses this inferred cause and effect to present how different circumstances would be if he had not promoted nonviolent philosophy. Continually, King uses cause and effect to explain what will most likely happen if conditions are not improved. He