Letter from Birmingham Jail, composed by Martin Luther King, Jr. from his cell in the Birmingham Jail Cell, is a seminal document that established the moral foundations for the non-violent civil rights demonstrations of the Birmingham Campaign. Other seminal US Documents include Washington's Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, and Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech. In the context of this statement, what does the word seminal mean?

A. A speech or document that is not important and quickly forgotten

B. Having a strong influence on ideas, works, events, etc., that come later : very important and influential

C. A religious document

b

Explanation:

sem·i·nal

/ˈsemənl/

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adjective

adjective: seminal

1.

(of a work, event, moment, or figure) strongly influencing later developments.

"his seminal work on chaos theory"

its the most logical considering the other options and especially with the context, also that letter along with the other examples all influenced later developments

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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