Year 8
Year 8
Sojourner Truth's use of rhetoric and structure
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will continue to explore the way in which abolitionist Sojourner Truth used rhetorical devices to frame her argument. Building upon our knowledge of logos, we will consider how Truth used particular language to emphasise the injustices she identified to the audience.
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7 Questions
Q1.
What is injustice?
If something is right but unfair, morally
If something is right, either morally or legally
If something is unfair but right, legally
Q2.
Sojourner Truth was an:
arsonist
aviator
enthusiast
Q3.
As an abolitionist, Truth fought for:
The freedom of the animals
The freedom of the speech
The freedom of the women
Q4.
Sojourner Truth fought for which TWO of these?
the end of lies
the end of religion
Q5.
Anecdotes are:
Short interesting speeches
Short, interesting fairy tales
Short, interesting poems
Q6.
Truth built ethos with her audience by being:
bold
brave
loud
Q7.
Truth highlights injustice with (choose THREE):
facts and figures
6 Questions
Q1.
What is injustice?
If something is right but unfair, morally
If something is right, either morally or legally
If something is unfair but right, legally
Q2.
Sojourner Truth opens her speech with:
A powerful word
A tricolon
An exclamatory sentence
Q3.
Truth uses a tricolon to demonstrate that she is:
More intelligent than a man
More outspoken than a man
Stronger than a man
Q4.
Truth's anecdote of her enslaved children is:
credible
illogical
logical
Q5.
The final exclamatory sentence prompts the audience to:
Boo
Clap
Listen
Q6.
It was difficult for women to speak out because they had:
Less problems
Less time
Less words