"'Ain't I a

Question

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?
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?
Ain't I a Woman, Sojourner Truth, 1851

A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which phrase contains an allusion?
(1 point)
“Well, children, where there is so much
racket there must be something out of
kilter.”
“But what’s all this here talking about?”
“And ain’t I a woman?”
“I think that ‘twixt the Negroes of the
South and the women at the North.”

Answer 1

The phrase that contains an allusion is:

“I think that ‘twixt the Negroes of the South and the women at the North.”

This phrase refers to the historical context of the struggles for rights among both African Americans in the South and women in the North, making an allusion to significant social movements of the time.