Which statement best explains how the word painful impacts the tone of the speech?
Read this sentence from "A Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr.:
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Which statement best explains how the word painful impacts the tone of the speech?
It helps create an enthusiastic, yet dignified tone.
It helps create a docile, yet respectful tone.
It helps create a concerned, empathetic tone.
It helps create a detached, professional tone
HELP PLEASE
Read this sentence from "A Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr.:
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Which statement best explains how the word painful impacts the tone of the speech?
It helps create an enthusiastic, yet dignified tone.
It helps create a docile, yet respectful tone.
It helps create a concerned, empathetic tone.
It helps create a detached, professional tone
HELP PLEASE
1 Answer
"It helps create a concerned, empathetic tone."
Explanation:
The other choices seem to go against the main idea of sentence which is to highlight the " painful experience ....that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
The "bolded" words showcase the concern of how people who do not possess liberty undergo the wrath of persecution, which is what is being represented by the statement "painful experience." The empathetic tone is where the reader comes in to play; the goal of the statement is to draw the attention to the idea that we should feel pity and sadness for those who do not have freedom. It also indicates that the "oppressors" are people who make up a portion of our society, and it focuses on how we should feel guilty of the fact that we live alongside these people.
