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Essay / Analysis of the letter from Birmingham Jail and Martin...
Kairos is the argumentative strategy that appeals to opportunity and/or the appropriate occasion when presenting it. The timing of events is a crucial element in making an argument successful. "I think I should state why I am here in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the view against 'foreigners' coming.' I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating throughout the Southern states, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. " From this sentence, we can infer that he waited to write about equality until his organization's event was imminent. King also delves deeper into the word “wait” and gives it a new way of “never happening” and with this explanation he asserts that his movement can no longer wait. His timing was impeccable because at that moment another group of blacks could have started a violent riot against whites. Furthermore, Carr illustrates a correct use of kairos because nowadays the world has been badly affected by the Internet. If he had written his essay earlier, this argument would not be as plausible, because it is only recently that people have started to abuse the Internet. Both composers excelled in applying this strategy, which further strengthened their