Figurative Language Used In Letters To Birmingham

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In “Letters to Birmingham,” Martin Luther King uses figurative language and literary devices to show his distress and disappointment with a group of clergyman who do not support the need for civil disobedience. In the prompt Martin says, “As in so many experiences in the past, we were confronted with blasted hopes, and the dark shadow of a deep disappointment settled upon us.” King uses terms such as “dark shadow” to really show how the people felt. There was no literal “dark shadow”, he used those words to express the feeling of gloom you get when you experience disappointment. The “dark shadow” that kept affecting the people of color were not ending any sooner, and that meant to King that they needed to step up their game in their acts of

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