Rhetorical Analysis Of Sojourner Truth's Speech

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Sojourner Truth's original speech about women’s rights and Gage’s revision of the speech both speak toward the same cause. But, they are both different in the way they are written, and with use of rhetorical appeals. One of the two, based on the time and place they were delivered, was more powerful than the other in use of those rhetorical. This is the revised version of the speech written by Mrs. Gage One reason to support this would be her use of pathos. Truth’s original version used much more logos and barely any pathos due to her audience at the time. It consisted of majorly, businessmen. As such, pathos would not have a big effect on them. When Gage published her revision, there then became a huge change in audience. Now the everyday
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In Truth’s speech, she reflects upon the inequalities among women and blacks. She describes herself as a victim that was discriminated based on her color and gender. In order to deliver her message, she uses three main forms of rhetorical appeals. These three forms of rhetorical appeals include; ethos, pathos, and logos. Sojourner Truth uses these appeals to showcase her personal experiences to gain an emotional response from the audience. She also uses repeated phrases and questions to prove the…

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