African American and Body Paragraphs

Instructions: Copy and paste the following text into a document or create a document that contains the same information. Writing Prompt What stylistic elements does King use to influence his readers? After reading and analyzing Letter from Birmingham Jail, write an essay in which you answer the question and analyze structure and language in his text, providing 3 or more examples to illustrate and clarify your analysis. What conclusion can you draw about the power of this text? 1. Copy and paste the introduction of your essay. If your instructor suggested any revisions to your introduction, please make your revisions and include in the space below. â€Å"Its unjust treatment of Negroes in the courts is a notorious (well-known) reality. There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than any city in this nation. These are the hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts. † Unfortunately, he was right. Those were â€Å"hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts† at that time. During the time he wrote the â€Å"Letter from Birmingham Jail† the African-American Civil Rights Movement was happening. People were protesting to get equal rights for â€Å"colored people†, to outlaw racial injustice in the USA and Martin Luther King Jr. was a big part of it. He was one of the leaders of this movement; this letter that he wrote was from jail because he was given a penalty for parading without a permit. Martin Luther King shows this power through similes, rhetorical questions and imagery which creates a bigger more important picture in the readers mind. Write 2. Using what you have learned about evidence, explanation, quotations, and paraphrase, write your body paragraphs in the space below. You will need to include at least one of each of the following: †¢a direct quotation introduced with a complete sentence and a colon †¢a direct quotation introduced with a signaling phrase and a comma †¢a direct quotation that is introduced and explained in one sentence †¢a paraphrased example †¢an embedded quotation Locate 3. Within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced with a complete sentence and a colon. Copy and paste it here. Be sure to include the entire sentence that contains the quotation as well as the explanation sentence(s) that comes after it. 4. Within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced with a signaling phrase and a comma. Copy and paste it here. Be sure to include the entire sentence that contains the quotation as well as the explanation sentence(s) that comes after it. 5. Within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced and explained in one sentence. Copy and paste it here. 6. Within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate one paraphrased example and copy and paste it here. 7. Within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate one embedded quotation and copy and paste it here. Reflect 8. What are you most proud of in this draft of your body paragraphs? 9. What questions do you have about how to use examples or explanations in your writing? [ Close ]