Rhetorical device and Examples of the rhetorical device in the text (with definition paragraph or page reference) Impact of the rhetorical device on point of view or purpose Parallel structure I can urge men to obey the 1954 decision of the It provides clarity to why King believes he can urge people to “So (using the same Supreme Court because it is morally right, and I urge disobey segregation laws, which deepens his addressees’ pattern of words to them to disobey segregation ordinances because they understanding of his purpose. show that two or are morally wrong.” (par. 13) more ideas are equally important) Repetition us turn to a more concrete example . . . Let me Repetition makes clear that his purpose is to provide “Let give another example.” (par. 14 and 15) examples of how segregation laws are unjust. Logos: appeal to logic answer is found in the fact that there are two Here King appeals to his addressees’ sense of reason or logic “The or reason types of laws: there are just laws, and there are by explaining that he and his affiliates can disobey some laws unjust laws.” (par. 12) and not others because some laws are unjust. just law is a man-made code that squares with the “A moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code Here King explains how one can determine which laws are that is out of harmony with the moral law.” (par. 13) unjust. He gives logical reasons for finding some laws unjust: law that uplifts human personality is just. Any they degrade some people’s personalities. “Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.” (par. 13) King logically presents another reason a law can be unjust: it unjust law is a code that a majority inflicts on a “An is imposed on a minority by a majority. minority that is not binding on itself.” (par. 14)
Rhetorical device and definition Examples of the rhetorical device in the text (with paragraph or page reference) Impact of the rhetorical device on point of view or purpose Parallel structure (using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas are equally important) “So I can urge men to obey the 1954 decision of the Supreme Court because it is morally right, and I urge them to disobey segregation ordinances because they are morally wrong.” (par. 13) It provides clarity to why King believes he can urge people to disobey segregation laws, which deepens his addressees’ understanding of his purpose. Repetition “Let us turn to a more concrete example . . . Let me give another example.” (par. 14 and 15) Repetition makes clear that his purpose is to provide examples of how segregation laws are unjust. Logos: appeal to logic or reason “The answer is found in the fact that there are two types of laws: there are just laws, and there are unjust laws.” (par. 12) “A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.” (par. 13) “Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.” (par. 13) “An unjust law is a code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself.” (par. 14) Here King appeals to his addressees’ sense of reason or logic by explaining that he and his affiliates can disobey some laws and not others because some laws are unjust. Here King explains how one can determine which laws are unjust. He gives logical reasons for finding some laws unjust: they degrade some people’s personalities. King logically presents another reason a law can be unjust: it is imposed on a minority by a majority.
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