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What rhetorical strategies did Martin Luther king use in his letter from Birmingham jail

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In “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, King typically uses repetition in the form of anaphora – repeating the same word(s) at the beginning of consecutive clauses. The anaphora “If you were to” (ll. 688-695) is meant to inspire his readers to empath

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