Rhetorical Appeals
Which word in the quote below creates a strong feeling of pathos:
"He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead."
Dead
Putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling.
Juxtaposition
"To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world."
Wit a quote, give an example of a metaphor Sojourner Truth uses:
I want it root and branch destroyed.
I want to keep the thing stirring, now that the ice is cracked.
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What phrases here create a strong feeling of pathos:
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism,
abuses and usurpations
absolute despotism
A brief reference to a famous person or event - often from literature, history, Greek mythology, or the Bible.
Allusion
With a quote, give where Elizabeth Cady Stanton describes men destroying women's confidence.
"He has endeavored in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life."
With a quote, give an example of Sojourner Truth's reasoning or evidence for her main claim.
"I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay; so with the German women. They work in the field and do as much work, but do not get the pay. We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much."
What year did women gain the right to vote in the United States?
1920
What appeal is shown the best in this quote:
"I come from another field—the country of the slave. They have got their liberty—so much good luck to have slavery partly destroyed; not entirely."
Ethos
The quote here is an example of what rhetorical device:
“…We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” (John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address)
Parallelism
With a quote, give Elizabeth Cady Stanton's claim.
"Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station, to which they are entitled."
"The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world."
"I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring; because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again. . . . I want women to have their rights."
On average, how many advertisements does the average American view?
4,000 - 10,000
Which appeal is shown the best here:
"They work in the field and do as much work, but do not get the pay. We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.You men know that you get as much again as women when you write, or for what you do."
Logos
Women do as much, and therefore should be paid as much.
Which two rhetorical devices are used in the quote below:
"I suppose I am kept here because something remains for me to do; I suppose I am yet to help to break the chain."
Anaphora
Parallelism
With a quote from the text, give Elizabeth Cady Stanton's call to action.
"We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the State and National Legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press in our behalf. We hope this Convention will be followed by a series of Conventions, embracing every part of the country."
"You have been having our rights so long, that you think, like a slaveholder, that you own us. I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up; it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again."
Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
Which appeal is shown the best here:
"If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there."
Logos
Name all of the rhetorical devices shown here:
"We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much."
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Parallelism
With a quote from the text, give Elizabeth Cady Stanton's counterargument.
In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object.
With a quote, give Sojourner Truth's call to action:
There ought to be equal rights now more than ever, since colored people have got their freedom.
Which abolitionist was known as "Moses" in the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman