Sidoonie smith and Julia Watson rhetorical situation, is that “people tell stories of their lives through the cultural scripts available to them”. Another situation is the fact people have a discursive practice of how they control the stories they tell about themselves. Claims made are the fact that people don’t really know that much about themselves when writing an autobiography. For this reason Sidoonie smith and Julia Watson explain to the audience how individuals use the concept of agency to tell stories about themselves and ways to do it. Sidoonie smith and Julia Watson use varies contexts of autobiography that is better interpreted and understood.
In Sojourner Truth’s speech that she delivered at the Women’s Convention of 1851, she addresses the inequalities that women and blacks met at that time in America. I will focus on the way Sojourner uses own experiences to get an emotional acknowledgment from her audience, correlating with them as both mothers and women. She also uses repetition and rhetorical questions to rebut opposing cases for gender equality. Sojourner makes biblical references during the speech to connect with her Christian audience and bring her audiences to connect on a more personal level. I will analyze the way Garnet and Sojourner uses rhetorical strategies to achieve a fruitful and powerful delivery of their message and features they share with Garnets speech as
Hi Jasmine. Thank you for sharing your life and your son with the class. I am a mother as well and us mothers will go to the end of the earth for our children. Reading your post made me grateful, that I have excess to multiple providers because I live is a big city. Not having adequate health providers in rural areas needs to change.
Ain’t I a woman is an amazing piece, I love it more each time I read it. It amazes me that someone who people called illiterate, knew so very well how to work the crowd. Within this speech you’ll find that she uses rhetorical questions and repetition to rebut opposing arguments;
Past leaders such as Andrew Jackson, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Marc Antony are evidence that society does not reward morality and good character in leadership. Society is drawn to leaders that have good rhetoric, propaganda, and charismatic personalities, and society supports them despite their immorality. Society is concerned about stability more than the morality of their leaders and will support immoral leaders in times of crisis to provide stability. In history there have been multiple leaders that have used rhetoric, propaganda and charismatic personalities to gain power, despite their morals.
Are women capable of doing things men do? Many people may not agree. On the other hand, I agree. The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” from Sojourner Truth talks about how women are capable of doing things that men do. In my opinion, she does an excellent job proving her point that women are absolutely capable.
(Painter 110, 290) Sojourner Truth traveled by foot all over to different meetings where people would invite her as a speaker. In May of 1851, she spoke at a Women’s Rights Convention where she gave her powerful speech “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?”
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Additionally, Anthony wrote, “ Are women persons?” Anthony says to emphasize that women are the same as men, humans, and therefore they should be given the same rights. The reason why Truth and Anothony used rhetorical questions in their speeches is to remind the audience that women are people and should be treated as such. Rhetorical questions were a key imponent in Truths and Anthony's speeches. Overall, Sojourner Truth and Susan B. Anthony used rhetorical questions in their speeches to further the importance of women’s
Sojourner Truth was a former slave who advocated for abolition and women’s rights. Truth delivered a speech at a women’s rights convention in 1851 titled, “Ain’t I a Woman?” In the piece, “Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth, the author claims that women and African Americans don’t have equal rights, which causes unfair conditions. She proves this through the use of anaphora, juxtaposition and anecdotes.
Sojourner’s use of rhetorical questions left a strong impression on me because she guided the audience into realizing the biases and baseless news of many of the prejudices in society. The following is an excerpt from her speech that I felt was vital to relay the power she displayed in her
In the speech “Ain’t I Woman?” Sojourner truth brings a valid argument that she and other women are deserving of the same civil rights as white men. First, Sojourner Truth speaks on how she wasn’t treated with the same courtesy as white women. Then, the argument of intellect was refuted with her analogy of filling a cup to its utmost, regardless of its size to prove the point. That no matter of someone’s intellect that we all deserve the same basic civil liberties.
(Truth 132) Sojourner uses repetition to show her perspective on equality. In this quote the author keeps repeating “Ain't I a woman?” to show that she wanted to be treated equal as a man. These are some of the strategies that Sojourner Truth used to show that women are equal as a man.
“If I Were a Man” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Rhetorical Analysis Charlotte Perkin Gilman wrote a fictional short story, “If I Were a Man” in 1914 to explain male supremacy over women and the absurdity of gender roles in society. Jill Rudd and Val Gough, authors and professors in communication and English, stated in their book Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer “the idea of gender and subordination based on gender [is] a central tenet” in Gilman’s writing (7). Gilman wrote “If I Were a Man” to help the progression of the women’s rights movement in 1914. Gilman’s audience comprises both men and women. She lets men see how women feel and how they should take a stand for the women.
Ain’t I a Woman? -Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth, a black female slave, made the following essay when she attended a woman’s right convention held in Akron Ohio in May of 1851.During this time the United states wanted to give women more rights but forgot that black people were still treated as slaves. The introduction was very engaging because it stated all the ideas that will be in the essay. Sojourner truth told this speech with a Black southern Dialect.
