“LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL” OUTLINE
Section 1
1. Give me a one-sentence summary of the point MLK is making. If this section were
a five paragraph essay, what would be the main idea sentence at the beginning of
the paragraph? (If you think your section has two or three main ideas, you can
write them all down.)
Answer:
2. How does he explain that main idea argument you just wrote? What reasoning does
he give?
Answer:
3. What evidence (hard facts: like quotes, statistics, examples, comparisons, Biblical
or historical allusions) does MLK provide to back up the reasoning you just wrote
down?
Answer:
Section 2
1. Give me a one-sentence summary of the point MLK is making. If this section were
a five paragraph essay, what would be the main idea sentence at the beginning of
the paragraph? (If you think your section has two or three main ideas, you can
write them all down.)
Answer:
2. How does he explain that main idea argument you just wrote? What reasoning does
he give?
Answer:
3. What evidence (hard facts: like quotes, statistics, examples, comparisons, Biblical
or historical allusions) does MLK provide to back up the reasoning you just wrote
down?
Answer:
Section 3
1. Give me a one-sentence summary of the point MLK is making. If this section were
a five paragraph essay, what would be the main idea sentence at the beginning of
the paragraph? (If you think your section has two or three main ideas, you can
write them all down.)
Answer:
2. How does he explain that main idea argument you just wrote? What reasoning does
he give?
Answer:
3. What evidence (hard facts: like quotes, statistics, examples, comparisons, Biblical
or historical allusions) does MLK provide to back up the reasoning you just wrote
down?
Answer:
Section 4
1. Give me a one-sentence summary of the point MLK is making. If this section were
a five paragraph essay, what would be the main idea sentence at the beginning of
the paragraph? (If you think your section has two or three main ideas, you can
write them all down.)
Answer:
2. How does he explain that main idea argument you just wrote? What reasoning does
he give?
Answer:
3. What evidence (hard facts: like quotes, statistics, examples, comparisons, Biblical
or historical allusions) does MLK provide to back up the reasoning you just wrote
down?
Answer:
Section 5
1. Give me a one-sentence summary of the point MLK is making. If this section were
a five paragraph essay, what would be the main idea sentence at the beginning of
the paragraph? (If you think your section has two or three main ideas, you can
write them all down.)
Answer:
2. How does he explain that main idea argument you just wrote? What reasoning does
he give?
Answer:
3. What evidence (hard facts: like quotes, statistics, examples, comparisons, Biblical
or historical allusions) does MLK provide to back up the reasoning you just wrote
down?
Answer:
Section 6
1. Give me a one-sentence summary of the point MLK is making. If this section were
a five paragraph essay, what would be the main idea sentence at the beginning of
the paragraph? (If you think your section has two or three main ideas, you can
write them all down.)
Answer:
2. How does he explain that main idea argument you just wrote? What reasoning does
he give?
Answer:
3. What evidence (hard facts: like quotes, statistics, examples, comparisons, Biblical
or historical allusions) does MLK provide to back up the reasoning you just wrote
down?
Answer:
Section 7
1. Give me a one-sentence summary of the point MLK is making. If this section were
a five paragraph essay, what would be the main idea sentence at the beginning of
the paragraph? (If you think your section has two or three main ideas, you can
write them all down.)
Answer:
2. How does he explain that main idea argument you just wrote? What reasoning does
he give?
Answer:
3. What evidence (hard facts: like quotes, statistics, examples, comparisons, Biblical
or historical allusions) does MLK provide to back up the reasoning you just wrote
down?
Answer: