Question

Martin Luther King Jr. uses figurative language strategically throughout his letter to promote equality. How does the following instance help accomplish his purpose of challenging the church leaders to take action against racial injustice?

Like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all of the tension its exposing creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.

Respond in three to five complete sentences.

Answer 1

Figurative language of this paragraph id simile. 'Like a boil'- it used to make readers to imagine the boil and understand author's meaning more clearly.

It described that if we cover injustice, it'll never discover and last forever like this- it means change needs a pay.

Answer 2

MLKJ appeals to the church leaders logos and pathos through his figurative language. He attacks the logos by using a comparison to something that will make sense to the common public. Because it makes sense to anyone it and creates imagery he can persuade the leaders to do things. The imagery as well is how he approaches the pathos. Many can imagine or know what he is explaining feels so they sympathize toward the pain.