10. Lines 607–608: What two seminal documents does King reference as historical allusions on this page? What effect do references to these particular seminal documents have on King's audience?

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The two seminal documents that King reference as historical allusions on this page are the Constitution of the United States and the decision of the Supreme Court in 1954 that outlawed racial segregation in public schools.

The effect that these seminal documents have on King's audience is to move the audience into action and not passively read and stay there, doing nothing against the racial injustices against African Americans and other minorities.

We are talking about the important document called "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," written by social activist and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, when he was in Birmingham prison, in Alabama.

There, he referred to two types of laws: unjust and just legislation.

in afghanistan, yelda, the first month of jadi is the longest night of the year. amir says that yelda was the starless night tormented lovers kept vigil enduring the endless dark, waiting for the sun to raise and bring with it their loved. amir says he became a yelda when he met soraya in america.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)