King also used logos to reason with the audience. Logos is an appeal to the reader's logic. To deliver ethos, the writer must have facts, research, shared wisdom, and definitions. For instance, he said, "in any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action. We have gone through all these steps in Birmingham." (King, 1) It informed the audience that he showed a collection of specific step by step analysis of how to conduct a nonviolent campaign, not just one restricted to the civil rights movement but everywhere to change the
King also used logos to reason with the audience. Logos is an appeal to the reader's logic. To deliver ethos, the writer must have facts, research, shared wisdom, and definitions. For instance, he said, "in any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action. We have gone through all these steps in Birmingham." (King, 1) It informed the audience that he showed a collection of specific step by step analysis of how to conduct a nonviolent campaign, not just one restricted to the civil rights movement but everywhere to change the