In this letter, there are many rhetoric appeals used to persuade the readers. King uses ethos, logos, and pathos throughout his argument in order to show the audience that he is credible, logical, and he can relate to others on a personal level. The strongest appeal used within this letter is pathos because it is for the most part used in majority of the letter.
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He makes logical points by showing quotes from the Bible in order to prove his point. Not only does he use pathos to appeal to the emotions but he uses logos to show the extent that these cruel acts are going to. The definition of logos is “Logos is a literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic” (Logos). This was also prevalent throughout his letter in order to show his readers that he was a reasonable man so they were able to make inductive and deductive reasoning after reading his letter to see if his argument had a reasonable