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Match each excerpt from martin luther king jr.'s "letter from birmingham jail" to the rhetorical device it uses.
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but when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will
and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate filled
policemen curse, kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you
see the vast majority of your twenty million negro brothers smothering in an
airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society, when you suddenly
find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to
your six year old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that
has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when
she is told that funtown is closed to colored
while confined here in the birmingham city jail, i came across your recent
statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." seldom do i
pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. if i sought to answer all the
criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything
other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and i would have no
time for constructive work. but since i feel that you are men of genuine good will
and that vour criticisms are sincerelv set forth. i want to try to answer vour

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