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

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The best comparison of 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 Sojourner Truth's speech, the phrase "Ain't I a Woman?" serves as a rhetorical question that emphasizes her argument for the recognition of women's rights, particularly for Black women. Meanwhile, the "Declaration of Sentiments" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton employs anaphora with the repetition of "that" at the beginning of multiple clauses to emphasize their claims about equality and rights.