Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 2 – Flashcards

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?" 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? Which best describes the syntax?

Read the sentence from "Ain't I a Woman?" Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. Which best describes the diction?

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?" Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. How does this quotation support the central idea of the speech?

In "Ain't I a Woman?", why does Truth repeat the phrase "Ain't I a woman?" throughout the second paragraph?

Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" is the best example of logos, or an appeal to logic?

Read the quotation from Abigail Adams. It is from a letter she wrote her husband, John Adams, as he helped draft the US Constitution. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation. Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best supports Adams's view?

Which best describes the diction in "Ain't I a Woman?"

Read the quotation from Abigail Adams. It is from a letter she wrote her husband, John Adams, as he helped draft the US Constitution. I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Based on "Ain't I a Woman?" how would Truth most likely feel about Adams's statement?

Based on "Ain't I a Woman?" how did Truth most likely feel about the anti-suffragist idea that women were too sentimental and emotional to be involved in politics?

Which best describes why Truth describes her personal experiences in "Ain't I a Woman?"