Speech to the American Equal Rights Association

Which sentence from paragraph 2 of “Speech to the American Equal Rights Association” best supports the author’s purpose for the speech?

• I have been forty years a slave and forty years free, and would be here forty years more to have equal rights for all.

• I suppose I am kept here because something remains for me to do; I suppose I am yet to help to break the chain.

• I have done a great deal of work; as much as a man, but did not get so much pay.

• It is a good consolation to know that when we have got this battle fought we shall not be coming to you any more.

Read this sentence from paragraph 1 of “Speech to the American Equal Rights Association.” There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women; and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see the colored men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before. This sentence is effective because it appeals to the —

• emotions of the men in the audience

• audience’s sense of logic regarding the issue

• wishes of the members of the audience

• audience’s beliefs concerning right and wrong

Which quote from “Speech to the American Equal Rights Association” best supports the answer to Part A?

• I feel that if I have to answer for the deeds done in my body just as much as a man, I have a right to have just as much as a man. (paragraph 1)

• In the courts women have no right, no voice; nobody speaks for them. . . . If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there. (paragraph 1)

• I suppose I am about the only colored woman that goes about to speak for the rights of the colored women. (paragraph 2)

• When we get our rights we shall not have to come to you for money, for then we shall have money enough in our own pockets; and may be you will ask us for money. (paragraph 2)

What doubt does Sojourner Truth express at the beginning of her Speech to the American Equal Rights Association?

• She is unsure about how the audience will react.

• She doubts that women can achieve as much as men.

• She is unsure about the value of speaking out for equal rights.

• She doubts that someone of her age can be effective.

The author’s purpose in “Declaration of Sentiments” is to —

• entertain her readers with a humorous parody

• inform her readers about how women are oppressed

• persuade her readers that women deserve equal rights

• convince her readers to rebel against the government

What is the effect of the allusion used in the first two paragraphs of “Declaration of Sentiments”?

• It establishes the Declaration as a foundational document in American history.

• It compares the quest for women’s rights to other movements, such as abolitionism.

• It suggests that women are not accorded the rights under which the nation was founded.

• It illustrates that women are as important to government and society as men are.

Which of the following supports the idea of full civil rights for women?

• I come from another field--the country of the slave.

• There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights.

• They work in the field and do as much work, but do not get the pay.

• I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up...

What is Sojourner Truth's main claim in Speech to the American Equal Rights Association?

Which sentence from paragraph 3 of “Speech to the American Equal Rights Association” best illustrates the speaker's use of rhetorical questions?

• A) What is the use of all this talk about rights?

• B) I have been forty years a slave and forty years free.

• C) I suppose I am kept here because something remains for me to do.

• D) It is a good consolation to know that when we have got this battle fought we shall not be coming to you any more.

Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of “Speech to the American Equal Rights Association.” 'I have done a great deal of work; as much as a man, but did not get so much pay.' This sentence is effective because it appeals to the —

• A) audience’s sense of fairness and justice

• B) emotions of the women in the audience

• C) audience’s sense of humor

• D) audience’s fear of change