"While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail, I came across your recent statement calling our present activities 'unwise and untimely! Seldom, if ever, 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 be engaged in

little else 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 goodwill and your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I would like to answer

your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms."

Which rhetorical strategy does King adopt in these lines? (5 points)

He goes on the offensive by berating his opponents.

. He acknowledges and endears the opposition.

He cites facts to add credibility to his argument.

He gives examples to explain his concerns.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.