class final essay

For this Final Assignment, you will write an essay based on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail you can access it here (Links to an external site.)

You will write an essay that covers the following topics:

• Define the purpose of the letter
• Summarize three main points of the letter,
• Who is his audience?
• Analyze the letter and describe how it fits into the Rogerian Model.
  • use explicit examples and the terminology (from your book) that informs the reader of the manner in which this letter meets the criteria for the Rogerian model.
  • how does the letter achieve the following: (HINT : Build your thesis around these items)
    • is non-confrontational, friendly
    • respects the views of others and allows for multiple truths
    • seeks to achieve some degree of agreement rather than absolutely convince
• Requirements:
  1. Must use MS WORD
  2. must be in MLA format (30 pts deduction for non-MLA format)
  3. 1250 word count
  4. use 3-5 quotes from the text
  5. Include a Works Cited