AnnieC
May 6, 2011
Essays / Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail - need help interpreting prompt! [12]
Got an A-. (:
Got an A-. (:
AnnieC
Apr 14, 2011
Essays / Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail - need help interpreting prompt! [12]
Oh I emailed her days ago; she hasn't replied.
I'm going to work on what you said. Thanks!
Oh I emailed her days ago; she hasn't replied.
I'm going to work on what you said. Thanks!
AnnieC
Apr 13, 2011
Essays / Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail - need help interpreting prompt! [12]
Conflicted.. :/
I wrote out an essay based on the rhetorical devices used. Did not encompass ethos, logos and pathos .. but I'm really not too happy with it. It doesn't seem too strong. More than anything I'd love to revert back to my original idea. And yes, you are right in saying she did not define 'elements of language' in any way. I'd love to go down that road but I'm afraid of the outcome. Argh..
And again, thank you for all your help. (:
Conflicted.. :/
I wrote out an essay based on the rhetorical devices used. Did not encompass ethos, logos and pathos .. but I'm really not too happy with it. It doesn't seem too strong. More than anything I'd love to revert back to my original idea. And yes, you are right in saying she did not define 'elements of language' in any way. I'd love to go down that road but I'm afraid of the outcome. Argh..
And again, thank you for all your help. (:
AnnieC
Apr 12, 2011
Essays / Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail - need help interpreting prompt! [12]
Struggling to encompass all the techniques used in the thesis .. I can't exactly list -all- the techniques used in the thesis, now can I. That would just be too long. Hmm.. I'm still unsure as to what 'elements of language' really means.
Struggling to encompass all the techniques used in the thesis .. I can't exactly list -all- the techniques used in the thesis, now can I. That would just be too long. Hmm.. I'm still unsure as to what 'elements of language' really means.
AnnieC
Apr 12, 2011
Essays / Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail - need help interpreting prompt! [12]
Thank you for all the replies! (:
EF_Kevin, I guess you're right about not referring to ethos, logos, and pathos .. Dang, now I've got to scrap my essay. I'd come up with an outline where the thesis revolved around those three elements, and then delved into the techniques used - alliteration, repetition, etc. Seemed to be an easier way to approach the elements of language used as they seem to be used all over the text to emphasize different points. (repetition, for eg.)
Aw daangg.. but thank you for replying nevertheless! (: Tremendous help. x
Thank you for all the replies! (:
EF_Kevin, I guess you're right about not referring to ethos, logos, and pathos .. Dang, now I've got to scrap my essay. I'd come up with an outline where the thesis revolved around those three elements, and then delved into the techniques used - alliteration, repetition, etc. Seemed to be an easier way to approach the elements of language used as they seem to be used all over the text to emphasize different points. (repetition, for eg.)
Aw daangg.. but thank you for replying nevertheless! (: Tremendous help. x
AnnieC
Apr 10, 2011
Essays / Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail - need help interpreting prompt! [12]
So my essay prompt is:
This letter has the ring of the oratory for which King was widely known and justly praised. Read passages aloud and note the ways that King appeals to his reader's ear (for example, with the balanced clauses of many of his sentences). How do the cadences of the King's prose help to make his point? Compare King's letter to the famous "I Have a Dream" speech he made in the same year. Although one is composed as a letter and the other was delivered as a stirring public address, what elements of language do they share?
I'm having trouble understanding the first question, regarding the 'cadences'. Doesn't cadence mean 'the rise and fall in pitch of the voice'? How does that apply to a written letter? I'm confused.
Also, what 'elements of language' is being referred to in the second question? Am I to refer to the rhetoric techniques used? That is, ethos, logos, and pathos.
Any help/guidance is much appreciated!
Thank you. x
So my essay prompt is:
This letter has the ring of the oratory for which King was widely known and justly praised. Read passages aloud and note the ways that King appeals to his reader's ear (for example, with the balanced clauses of many of his sentences). How do the cadences of the King's prose help to make his point? Compare King's letter to the famous "I Have a Dream" speech he made in the same year. Although one is composed as a letter and the other was delivered as a stirring public address, what elements of language do they share?
I'm having trouble understanding the first question, regarding the 'cadences'. Doesn't cadence mean 'the rise and fall in pitch of the voice'? How does that apply to a written letter? I'm confused.
Also, what 'elements of language' is being referred to in the second question? Am I to refer to the rhetoric techniques used? That is, ethos, logos, and pathos.
Any help/guidance is much appreciated!
Thank you. x
