Women are not as capable as men. Women are not as smart as men. Women are not as strong s men. This is what women have been told for centuries, bit in Sojourner Truth's speech “Ain’t I a Women?” she speaks out about the stereotypes put on women. Truth claims that women are just as capable as man despite being treated as inferior. In Truths piece she uses rhetorical questions repetition and diction to prove her argument that although she is not tested like a lady she is still a women.
In Truth's speech she addresses her crowd forcefully. She wants everyone, men and women, to know she is a woman, and she is strong. We see in her speech she asks the crowd multiple rhetorical questions and in each her tone of voice shows through. “What's that got to do with women's rights or negroes rights?” (Truth 411). The questions the author asks are bold leaving an impression on the reader. The author almost makes her audience feel stupid for not agreeing with her. The authors hostile tone shows as she asks her audience these questions. Backes with reasoning she asks the crowd another question “Then that little man…show more content… By using diction in her speech she makes her audience feel what she is feeling. We can see that Truth has been through alot and she is angry with the outcomes. “When I cried out with my mother's grief none but Jesus heard me!” (Truth 410). Through the authors dicgion “cried out” we can see that she is struggling. She is tired of the ways of the world and wants to see change. She is putting the audience in her shoes to feel what she feels. Truth closes her speech by saying “now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say” (Truth 411). This diction leaves a lasting impact on the audience. By referring to herself as old sojourner she puts the audience on her side. She is claiming that she is just a woman that wants to be
