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Match each excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to the rhetorical device it uses.

1. Repetition:
- "But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim, when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society, when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children..."

2. Satire:
- "While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities 'unwise and untimely.' Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms."

3. Rhetorical Questions:
- "What kind of people worship here? Who is their God? Where were their voices when the lips of Governor Barnett dripped with words of interposition and nullification? Where were they when Governor Wallace gave a clarion call for defiance and hatred? Where were their voices of support when bruised and weary Negro men and women decided to rise from the dark dungeons of complacency to the bright hills of creative protest?"



Answer :

Final answer:

The excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' demonstrate the use of rhetorical questions and repetition as key rhetorical devices.


Explanation:

Rhetorical questions: "What kind of people worship here? Who is their God? Where were their voices when the lips of Governor Barnett dripped with words of interposition and nullification?"

Repetition: "when you have seen..." This excerpt repeats the phrase to emphasize the impact of witnessing injustices.

Repetition: "But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch..." This excerpt also utilizes repetition to emphasize the experiences of injustice.


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