Sojourner Truth's 'Ain T I A Woman?'

In the speech “Ain't I A Woman? “, Sojourner Truth conveys that the African American community , woman don’t have as much rights as men. Truth best emphasizes her argument by using rhetorical strategies such as sentence structure , appeals, and religious references to urge woman to fight what they believe in to gain respect from men . Throughout the speech , Truth uses examples of sentence structure to promote improvement on African American women’s rights as equal to the men .Truth uses anaphora to propose her audience the equality of rights woman deserves . An example that was best defined the use of anaphora , “ Ain't I a Woman ? “ . Truth implied this rhetorical question of gender inequality that all women were considered worthless and they want to feel the same as men do with more respect. To illustrate , “ Where did your Christ come ? “ this was use to prompt that christ was born from a woman and without woman they won't be there .

Truth mentions in the speech , “ I have borne thirteen children , and seen them most all sold off to slavery , and when i cried out with my mother’s grief , none but Jesus heard me. “ This highlights to all the mothers who are in the audience that got their childern send off to slavery . Another example , “ .. and i cried out with my mother’s grief ..” This can be emphasizes of how women are treated like animals by men . This empowers woman to fight for equality that they deserved the respect and