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In the second paragraph of "Ain't I a Woman? how does Truth appeal to listeners' sense of logic?
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? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted,
and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And 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?
O She presents evidence that women can be as strong as men.
O She recounts personal experiences to gain her audience's trust.
O She asks her audience to sympathize with her plight.
O She explains the many hardships that she has experienced.
