"'Ain't I a Woman' Speech"

Question

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

We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

Declaration of Sentiments, signed at the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

Question
Use the passages to answer the question.

Which statement best compares the rhetorical devices used in the passages?

(1 point)
Responses

Ain’t I a Woman? employs allusion, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses a rhetorical question.
Ain’t I a Woman? employs allusion, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses a rhetorical question.

Ain’t I a Woman? employs a rhetorical question, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses anaphora.
Ain’t I a Woman? employs a rhetorical question, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses anaphora.

Ain’t I a Woman? employs parallelism, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses hyperbole.
Ain’t I a Woman? employs parallelism, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses hyperbole.

Ain’t I a Woman? employs enumeration, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses allusion.
Ain’t I a Woman? employs enumeration, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses allusion.

Answer 1

The statement that best compares the rhetorical devices used in the passages is:

Ain’t I a Woman? employs a rhetorical question, while the Declaration of Sentiments uses anaphora.

In "Ain't I a Woman?" Sojourner Truth uses rhetorical questions as a means of emphasizing her argument and challenging the audience. In the "Declaration of Sentiments," Elizabeth Cady Stanton employs anaphora through the repetition of phrases such as "that all men and women are created equal" to create a rhythm and reinforce her message.