Question

Read the excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? 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! And ain’t I a woman?

What is the primary purpose of the phrases "borne thirteen children" and "cried out with my mother’s grief"?
1. to encourage audience members
2. to recall their own struggles
3. to encourage the audience
4. to sympathize with enslaved persons
5. to emphasize the pain and struggle that Truth has lived through
6. to emphasize Truth’s belief that women should receive special treatment

Answer 1

the answer is C

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Answer 2

5. To emphasize the pain and struggle that Truth has lived through.

Step-by-step explanation:

The speech "Ain't I A Woman?" by Isabella Baumfree, also more popularly known as Sojourner Truth is a speech that was delivered at a Women's Convention in Akron. The speech is a motivational and yet an inspiring tale of her own struggle, using it as a medium for instilling encouragement and confidence in the power of women.

In her speech, she mentioned that she had been told that women need help, but nobody has ever extended help to her. She also said she had "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! And ain’t I a woman?" Using her own life experiences, that too, as a black woman born into slavery, she reveals the pain and struggle that she had lived through.