"'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 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 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 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.

Answer 1

The correct 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.

Sojourner Truth's speech includes rhetorical questions to provoke thought and highlight the contradictions in society regarding gender and race. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments employs anaphora, notably with the phrase "We hold these truths..." at the beginning of several statements to emphasize equality and rights.