AnswersAVA 26-27 Amison English Language Arts 11 Q1 BLOCKAbolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 2

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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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Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman!
B
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.
C
Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.
D
I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!
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Which best describes the diction in "Ain't I a Woman?"

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formal and detached
B
formal and scholarly
C
informal and relatable
D
informal and light-hearted
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Read the last sentence of "Ain't I a Woman?"Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say. Which best describes the effect of these words?

A
They remind the audience that Truth offers valuable wisdom for those whom care to listen.
B
They suggest that the audience has listened to and has understood all of Truth’s reasons.
C
They inform the audience that Truth will not give another speech about women’s suffrage.
D
They encourage the audience to question Truth’s reasonings and the ideas she has put forth.
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Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" is the best example of logos?

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Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman?
B
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?
C
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.
D
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!
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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 suggest that audience should worry about her
B
to reinforce the idea that men should be more helpful
C
to suggest that females are tougher than males
D
to reinforce that she is strong, resilient and female

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