Ms. Staples' class is completing a rhetorical analysis on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Ms. Staples posts this question on the board: What point is Dr. King trying to make with his letter? What element of a rhetorical situation is being addressed by this question?
A. Context
B. Purpose
C. Speaker
D. Topic

Question

Ms. Staples' class is completing a rhetorical analysis on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."  Ms. Staples posts this question on the board: What point is Dr. King trying to make with his letter? What element of a rhetorical situation is being addressed by this question?
	A.	Context
	B.	Purpose
	C.	Speaker
	D.	Topic

kewlgeek555 · Answer

Well I do know that "Martin Luther King Jr. uses the letters to defends his strategy of non-violent resistance to racism and oppression. He states that people have the moral responsibility to break unjust laws in a peaceful manner."