WILL MARK AS BRIANLYEST
Analysis Questions

1. Complete the following sentence.

The purpose of King’s letter is to cause to fight .

2. What is the relationship between the underlined sentence and the bolded sentences?

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: (1) Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive; (2) Negotiation; (3) Self-purification; and (4) Direct action. We have gone through all these steps in Birmingham. There can be no gainsaying of the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community. Birmingham is the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of this country. Its unjust treatment of Negroes in the courts is a notorious 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. Based on these conditions Negro leaders looked to negotiate with the city leaders. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation.

Response:

3. What is the purpose of the sentence "These are the hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts" in the following paragraph?

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: (1) Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive; (2) Negotiation; (3) Self-purification; and (4) Direct action. We have gone through all these steps in Birmingham. There can be no gainsaying of the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community. Birmingham is the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of this country. Its unjust treatment of Negroes in the courts is a notorious 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. Based on these conditions Negro leaders looked to negotiate with the city leaders. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation.

Response:

For questions 4-6, revisit the following paragraphs from King's letter, paying attention to the way that he structures his ideas.

Paragraph 9 of 12

I have travelled the length and breadth of Alabama, Mississippi and all the other southern states. On sweltering summer days and crisp autumn mornings I have looked at her beautiful churches with their spires pointing upward. I have beheld the impressive outlay of her massive religious education buildings. Repeatedly I have found myself asking: "Who worships here? Who is their God? Where were their voices when the lips of Governor Barnett dripped with words of interposition and nullification? Where were their voices of support when tired, bruised, and weary Negro men and women decided to rise from the dark dungeons of complacency to the bright hills of creative protest?"

Paragraph 10 of 12

There was a time when the Church was immensely powerful ... In those days, the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the customs of society. Wherever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and at once looked to convict them for being "disturbers of the peace" and "outside agitators." Things are different now. The contemporary Church is so often a weak, incompetent voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch-supporter of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the Church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the Church's silent and often vocal sanction (approved action) of things as they are.

4. In a complete sentence, tell the main idea of each paragraph (paragraphs 9 and 10).

5. In a complete sentence, tell the purpose of each paragraph (paragraphs 9 and 10).

6. What is the effect of making these points in the order King has chosen? Respond in two to four sentences.