by Sojourner Truth
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?
Ain't I a Woman, Sojourner Truth, 1851
"Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls"
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course
Declaration of Sentiments, signed at the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
Question
Use the passages to answer the question.
Which rhetorical feature is used in The Declaration of Sentiments but not in Ain’t I a Woman?
(1 point)
Responses
rhetorical questions
rhetorical questions
conversational tone
conversational tone
formal language
formal language
personal stories
personal stories
1 answer
The rhetorical feature used in The Declaration of Sentiments but not in Ain’t I a Woman is formal language.
While Sojourner Truth employs a conversational tone and rhetorical questions in her speech, Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration is characterized by a more formal and structured language typical of formal declarations and political documents.
