In "ain't i a woman? " what emotion is truth trying to invoke when she says, "nobody ever me into carriages, or over mud puddles"?
a. joy
b.
c. shame
d. sympathy

D. Sympathy.

Explanation:

Sojourner Truth was a black woman born during the racist prejudice against the blacks by the whites and the slavery system. She was a vocal leader against the racism and the slavery system which affect her people.

In her impromptu speech "Ain't I A Woman?" she recounts how she had to undergo a different fate than the usual women. She recounts how one 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?" This shows how, because of her color and background, she was treated differently. These lines show her trying to invoke sympathy from anyone listening, for she was also a woman and no different from the other females.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)