"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

Letter From a Birmingham Jail



Class,
You can find the full text of this letter through the above link. Make sure you when you prepare your three paragraphs this week that you are using evidence in each of those paragraphs from this letter. Your three paragraphs will be written in the standard academic paragraph style: 1)Make a claim. This should somehow link together with your rhetorical analysis. Is this paragraph illustrating his use of logic? His credibility? Or making an emotional appeal? 2)Second, define what you mean. 3)Third, provide an example using the text as evidence. Do you see how King does this himself? 4)Fourth, explain how that supports your claim. 5)Finally, conclude your paragraph by restating or reaffirming your claim. Those of you that are more sophisticated or experienced writers might want to try expanding these paragraphs by presenting more than one example. You would just repeat the third and fourth steps to further prove your point. However, if writing is challenging for you, or you are just starting out with these essays, make sure you meet the minimum five sentences in each paragraph.