Ain't I a Woman?
In her speech, "Ain't I a Woman?" how is Sojourner Truth compares and contrasts herself to these, claiming she is not treated with the same respect, helped into carriages, over ditches, and so on.
White Women
The Declaration of Sentiments was written to directly mirror this famous historical document.
The Declaration of Independence
What word does Mrs. Mallard repeat over and over again in her room after hearing of her husband's death?
Free
Brown v. Board of Education in large part helped overturn this three-word precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson.
Separate but equal
"The Declaration of Sentiments" is an example of this, an unexplained literary reference.
Allusion
This word means "to stay somewhere temporarily."
Sojourn
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According to this document, what truths are self-evident?
All men and women are created equal.
How did Mrs. Mallard's husband die?
He didn't
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What was the Fourteenth Amendment meant to ensure?
Equal protection under the law, regardless of race
In stories, the central idea developed by an author is also referred to as this.
What Biblical figure "strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone" does Sojourner refer to in the text?
Eve
According to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, when women are rendered powerless due to a long series of government abuses and usurpations, what must they do?
Throw off the government and seek new systems to recognize their rights
When Mrs. Mallard looks outside after hearing of her husband's death, what is the weather like?
Spring
Chief Justice Earl Warren claimed that "to separate... solely because of their race generates a feeling of this as to their status..."
Inferiority
Sojourner Truth uses this literary device throughout her speech, also known as a repeated chorus; in this case, "Ain't I a woman?"
Refrain
DOUBLE POINTS: In her speech, what two reform movements does Sojourner Truth connect?
Civil rights for African Americans in the South and for women in the North
What action does the Declaration of Sentiments demand of its government?
Immediate equal rights for women
How does the doctor claim Mrs. Mallard dies at the story's end?
Heart disease
(BONUS: "of the joy that kills")
This is a procedural device that permits one or more plaintiffs to file and prosecute a lawsuit on behalf of a larger group, such as Brown v. Board of Education.
Class Action
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This form of irony is when what we expected is inverted, the opposite occurring instead.
Situational
What are two of the hardships faced by Sojourner Truth?
Truth ploughed and worked the field, received the lash, and even bore "thirteen children... and seen them sold into slavery..."
Stanton argues that women have no representation in government, and, as such, face oppression. With this, she argues in favor of this (specific two-word term) meaning the right to vote.
Elective franchise
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"The Story of an Hour" is very similar to this other piece of feminist literature written just two years earlier about a girl who is forced to stay indoors and goes mad while staring at the walls...
The Yellow Wallpaper
These factors, factors perceptible by touch, were supposedly equal in many of the schools; yet, even so, psychological factors still caused damage.
Tangible
A character's thoughts and conversation with himself or herself is also known as this.
Internal monologue