Question

Read the excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth.
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?
Which rhetorical techniques does the speaker use in this excerpt? Select three options

Answer 1

Answer:

a,c,d

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

The reply of Truth to this refutation

She insults the man out of anger. According to her, his argument reveals his stupidity. She claims that a person's rights are unrelated to their religion.

Explanation:

• Here, the author uses sarcastic language to communicate his pain and hardships that he has endured his entire life.
• He claims that although both humans and god acknowledge the pain of women and portray them as belonging to an inferior gender, even men endure great anguish throughout their lives.
• Even in his old age, he requires love and care, but because he is a guy, no one takes his sacrifice seriously.
• Due to his work in the fields, his hands are hurt and injured. His lack of wealth forced him to sell his children as slaves.
• But no one wept when they saw him in pain since he was a man, and it is believed that men don't weep because males aren't viewed as the weaker gender but rather as strong.
• In actuality, though, even guys have emotions and cry. They simply don't express their suffering as openly, but even males have feelings, and they are sensitive. They are not robots.

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