Short Response
Answer the short response questions in full sentences (5-7 sentences). Remember to use cited evidence
to support your answer.
10 points
14. What might Dr. King have generally felt about the intended audience
of his letter (the white clergy)? Cite evidence from the text to support
your answer. *
Your answer
10 points
15. What is the purpose of the allusions Dr. King makes in paragraphs 3
and 312
You
answer
14) The intended audience is King's fellow clergy because he wrote specifically to them. However, King's unintended audience is the apathetic people of the United States.
15) I’m not sure because I don’t know the paragraphs.
Explanation:
King hoped to explain why the discrimination of African Americans is immoral by giving specific examples of its harmful effects. King sought to criticize white Americans who were supportive of his cause but who were too fearful of the Klan's terrorism to take action to end racism.
