Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 2

Question 1

In "Ain't I a Woman?," why does Truth repeat the phrase “Ain’t I a woman?” throughout the second paragraph?That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?

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to reinforce that she is strong, resilient and female

Question 2

Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best refutes the anti-suffragist idea that women were too fragile to handle the right to vote?

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I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

Question 3

Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" is the best example of logos?

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If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again.

Question 4

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ’twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about? Which best describes the syntax?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Truth uses complex syntax to express the idea that the movement toward equality is gaining momentum in the US.

Question 5

Read the quotation from Abigail Adams. It is from a letter she wrote her husband, John Adams, as he helped draft the US Constitution. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best supports Adams’s view?

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If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

Question 6

Read the sentence from "Ain't I a Woman?"Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. Which best describes the diction?

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inviting and familiar

Question 7

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Which 1850s social norm is reflected in the excerpt about white women?

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the idea that women should look delicate and be handled delicately

Question 8

Which best describes how "Ain't I a Woman?" relates to the time period in which Truth lived?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It includes commentary on several civil rights issues, including slavery and women’s suffrage.

Question 9

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!Which statement best explains why this is an example of ethos?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It shows that Truth has experiences to support her claims.

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