Rhetorical Analysis Of Injustice By Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr, a Baptist and church member, was arrested for protesting and fighting for civil rights peacefully, he saw that 8 white clergymen from Alabama had written a response about him and they criticized him and his followers' actions, he quickly wrote a letter in the spaces of whatever paper he could find. MLK used powerful words and phrases that carried a lot of emotion. He also employed parallel structures to emphasize his points and make them more memorable. He uses parallel structure by saying “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” practically saying that it's everyone's business, including his. This has the effect that it makes not only the audience but also the clergymen feel almost an urgency to act and that even a bit of injustice can jeopardize everything His intended effect was to have an extremely large impact on the reader and the clergymen and wants them to realize his point as well as sympathize with his actions.

MLK uses pathos mixed with loaded language to show at heart how harsh and extreme the words of the clergymen were after they called him an "outside agitator", he gave the exact example and this can make his audience feel how he felt as well as motivate the audience. The effect MLK puts on the audience by showing them the clergymen's words is almost a type of moving and shock to see that they call him and his followers such a strong name. The loaded language makes the audience see how harsh the words are of the clergymen by calling him an “outside agitator” although he argues it was his business. All of these incredibly strong points were found just in paragraph 2, MLK uses emotion and his powerful words to convince and get the audience to side with