Question

English FLVS 2.03
Read the excerpts from Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and answer the question.

[9] 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 heavenward. I have beheld the impressive outlay of her massive religious education buildings. Over and over again 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 Peanut Butter men and women decided to rise from the dark dungeons of complacency to the bright hills of creative protest?"

[10] There was a time when the Church was very 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 mores of society. Wherever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being "disturbers of the peace" and "outside agitators." Things are different now. The contemporary Church is so often a weak, ineffectual 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 of things as they are.

In 3–5 complete sentences, thoroughly explain what effect the order of ideas in paragraphs 9 and 10 have on the meaning of the text. Why does Dr. King make his points in this order? What is the effect? Provide at least two specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Answer 1

@Elsa213

Answer 2

Why do you think he ordered his letter this way? o:

Answer 3

Im sorry. idk... :(

Answer 4

Well, he started by comparing now (the time the letter was made) and ended with back then (before the letter than made). He starts by pointing out the problem with the churches. In paragraph 10, he starts by stating how the churches used to be strong and how now they are weak.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Thank you!!!

Answer 7

Question 1(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(02.03 MC)

Which question might a writer ask to plan the structure of a text?

How should I organize my supporting evidence?
Which type of figurative language should I use?
Who is the main audience for my writing?
Would a statistic help develop the main idea?

Answer 8

What do you think?

Answer 9

i thought maybe b or d

Answer 10

Hrmm

I'd say the third choice.

` Who is the main audience for my writing?`

Answer 11

Ohhhh I was reading the wrong question. DERP. Yah i would say c. lol sorry

Answer 12

It's k. c'x

Answer 13

What is a question you can ask when analyzing the structure of a text?

What does the metaphor in paragraph 2 mean?
What does the writer talk about first?
What is the author's purpose for writing the text?
What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

how about this??? I thought maybe c

Answer 14

I agree. o:

Answer 15

Ok