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Read the following excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” written in 1963, and answer the question.
Isn’t this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery? Isn’t this like condemning Socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? Isn’t this like condemning Jesus because his unique God consciousness and never ceasing devotion to God’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion?
In addition to literary devices like similes and rhetorical questions, King also uses allusion in this passage. Which of the following phrases are alluding to something or someone outside the letter that King expects the reader to know?
Select all that apply.
“his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery”
“they made him drink the hemlock”
Jesus’ “unique God consciousness and never ceasing devotion to God’s will”
“condemning a robbed man”
Socrates’ “unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries”
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