Letter from Birmingham Jail
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- Q1Paragraphs 17 and 18 contain all of the following EXCEPTantithesisrhetorical questionimperative sentencemetaphor120s
- Q2What is the primary purpose of paragraph 19?to give an example of a difference between theory and practiceto challenge a point made in the previous paragraphto introduce an idea that the author will refute in subsequent paragraphsto summarize the points made in the previous two paragraphs120s
- Q3The following sentence from paragraph 20 is an example of which rhetorical device?: "I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."oxymoronanaphorapersonificationparadox120s
- Q4What is the purpose of sentences 2 and 3 in paragraph 20: In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rapid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy"?to acknowledge and refute a counter-argumentto signal a shift in toneto provide a specific example of a point made in the previous paragraphto emphasize an assumption of the author's argument120s
- Q5Paragraph 21 appeals to which of the following? I. Judeo-Christian beliefs, II. Racial pride, III. PatriotismI and III onlyII onlyI, II, and IIII only120s
- Q6Paragraph 22, on Nazi German, illustrates all of the following EXCEPTan appeal to pathoshyperbolean appeal to ethosconcrete diction120s
- Q7The author's tone in paragraph 22 can best be described asfeigned sympathycontrolled angerironic bitternessgrudging respect120s
- Q8Taken as a whole, this passage utilizes which of the following organizational patterns? I. definition, II. cause-and-effect, III. comparison and contrastIII onlyI, II, and IIII and II onlyI only120s
- Q9The style of this passage as a whole is most accurately characterized asinformal and descriptivecomplex and reasonedobjective and formalabstract and allusive120s