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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 la
woman?
She presents evidence that women can be as strong as men.
She recounts personal experiences to gain her audience's trust.
She asks her audience to sympathize with her plight.
She explains the many hardships that she has experienced.



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In the second paragraph of "Ain't I a Woman?," Sojourner Truth appeals to listeners' sense of logic by presenting evidence that women can be as strong as men. She does this by recounting her personal experiences of hard physical labor and enduring severe hardships, which are typically associated with the strength and resilience often attributed to men. By highlighting her ability to perform tasks traditionally considered as requiring male strength, and by underscoring her endurance of pain and suffering, she logically argues that women, including herself, possess equal strength and capability.

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