Question

Dr. King employs allusions in his "Letter to Birmingham Jail" to help the audience make connections.

Based on the thesis, what is the writer's purpose for the essay?

To show how allusions can help the audience create information

To show how allusions can help the audience link information

To show how allusions can help the audience produce information

To show how allusions can help the audience understand information

Answer 1

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To begin, let's look directly at our thesis. We know he is using the allusions in order to help the audience make connections. These connections are going to be very important in his letter so it's important the audience can connect them.

Now, we can eliminate option A and this is because we are not creating new information, we are trying to make connections. We can also eliminate option C and this is for pretty much the same reason as option A. We don't need to get NEW information, rather we are trying to make connections based on what we have been given.

Now, from B and D, which are you leaning towards and why ?