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Slide 2 Aint I a Woman? Sojourner Truth Slide 3 Background Sojourner Truth was born in 1797 in Ulster County, New York. She was one of twelve children. Her given name was Isabella Baumfree. She was a former slave, minister and a womans rights activist; she was nationally known advocate for equality and justice. She escaped to freedom in 1826. Her most commonly known speech Aint I a Woman? was delivered in 1851 at the Womens Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. She was fundamentally speaking on discrimination within gender. Truth gave birth to five known children; she was never married. Sojourner Truths cause of death is unknown; it may be from ago, the ulcers on her legs, or from a disease she had. Slide 4 Audio Snippet of the Sermon Slide 5 Video of Myself Giving the Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrksYZZ_8jM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrksYZZ_8jM Slide 6 SOAPSTONE S Subject: The subject in SOAPSTONE stands for the main idea. Principally Sojourner Truth is speaking on presumptuous stereotypes within the female population and shes backing up the inaccurate concept with her personal experiences. O Occasion: The occasion in SOAPSTONE stands for the issues and ideas the speaker is speaking on. Sojourner Truths Aint I a Woman? sermon wherein she was speaking as a Womans Rights Activist in May, 1851. A Audience: The audience in SOAPSTONE stands for who the text is directed to. Distinctively Truth sermons the male population and associated townspeople. Slide 7 SOAPSTONE cont. Purpose: The purpose in SOAPSTONE is simply why the author is writing, or why the speaker is speaking. The brief homily justifies a womans worth in the world; Truth vindicates the fact that we are important just as much as men are. Speaker: The speaker in SOAPSTONE is the voice whos speaking. Sojourner Truth, Womans Rights Activist, minister, and a domestic servant who is a very significant and well known African-American today. Tone: The tone in SOAPSTONE is the feeling used by the author or speaker. The tone is very powerful, encouraging, and inspiring Slide 8 Analysis Then that little man in black there, he says women cant have as much rights as men cause Christ wasnt a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. These brief sentences that came out of Truths mouth bestow the readers and the audience with the precise piece of evidence that supports the detail that women are important. This sentence demonstrates the inner subject of the homily itself. It displays recognition that women are just as, if not more important than men. Slide 9 Additional Analysis Slide 10 The Principle/Premise Slide 11 Ethos That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Ethos is all about credibility and I felt as though ethos was displayed in this line of the speech. Shes putting her personal experiences into what shes saying, using repetitive language and using biblical references. Had she not been a former slave, she wouldnt be able to refer back to those experiences. Slide 12 Pathos I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! This line definitely arouses emotion. Truth is saying that she could rely on no mortal and that Jesus was the only one by her side at all times. She puts hapless events that happened to her within this line to bring out emotion in order to get it back from the audience. Slide 13 Logos Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. To me, logos is just another word for common sense. This line that came out of her mouth displays common sense because its true! Everyone knows the story of Mary and Joseph and the baby in the manger! Everyone knows the story of perfect little Jesus. Slide 14 Rhetorical Devices- Repetition and Rhetorical Question Slide 15 Vivid Language and Strong Words Slide 16 Conclusion/ To Follow From researching this speech, I learned that rhetorical devices and pathos both definitely have an impact on the speakers speech. It definitely draws the audience to what he or she is saying. To me, Sojourner Truth was an extraordinary woman and she was very persistent when it came to rights. Her great use of repetition and references to her past most certainly helped the audience comprehend what she was trying to get across. The speech is significant in history and Truth opened peoples eyes with every line that came out of her mouth. After she escaped from freedom, she became a minister. Truth was well known because of her persistence and determination to get her ideas across. There isnt anything about the speech that I disliked. Slide 17