1851 at the Women’s Right Convention in Ohio, Sojourner Truth gave an outstanding speech about women’s rights to an audience of men and women alike. It was a short, but masterful oration and is still referenced to this day. This iconic speech was named “Ain’t I a Woman?” One of the reasons Truth’s speech was so influential was due to her ability to utilize the modes of persuasion, Logos, Ethos, and Pathos throughout her work.
For example Truth applies Logos, an appeal to a person’s logic, in the entirety…
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