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Grammar Assignment

Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Three paragraphs from pages 168-169

The topic sentence in the first paragraph, "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application", states a clear topic. It shows that the following paragraph will discuss the fact that while a law can appear to be just on its face, in its application, it really serves no justice at all. In the second paragraph the writer states that he does not advocate evading or defying the law by using the topic sentence, "In no sense do I advocate defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist." A clear topic is formed in the third paragraph as well. The writer uses the sentence, "Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience." This shows that he will be discussing a bit about the history of civil disobedience.

There is definite unity in these three paragraphs. The first paragraph discusses how a law can be created for the right......

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Approximate Word Count: 462
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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