Revise 03.07

Timothy Hardison

Effective Introduction Worksheet

Instructions: Copy and paste the following text into a document or create a document that contains the same information. Complete the following steps and your introduction will be written!

Your Writing Prompt:

What stylistic elements does King use to influence his readers? After reading and analyzing "Letter from Birmingham Jail," write an essay in which you answer the question and analyze structure and language in his text, providing three or more examples to illustrate and clarify your analysis. What conclusion can you draw about the power of this text?

Look back at the list of hook techniques. Which two techniques could you use to introduce your essay effectively?

figurative language

Choose one of those techniques for your HOOK and briefly explain why you chose that technique.

I chose figurative language because in the letter MLK uses alot of different types of figurative language.

Write the HOOK for your essay in the space below.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses tools like metaphors to explain and justify proactive, aggressive non-violence to further African American equality.

Write a two- to four-sentence BRIDGE to connect your hook and thesis statement.

In this essay you will see examples of different stylistic elements that MLK uses in this letter. MLK uses different forms to make a diference in getting his inequality point and stand across.

Write your THESIS STATEMENT.

Dr. Martin Luther King jr. uses similes and metaphors to take a stand for equal civil rights.

Now, copy and paste the sentences from numbers 3, 4, and 5 (above) into one paragraph in the space below. Congratulations! You have your introduction written!

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses tools like metaphors to explain and justify proactive, aggressive non-violence to further African American equality. In this essay examples of different stylistic elements that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uses in this...