Analyzing the Argument
1. What is the claim?-
a. The Claim is that sojourner truth deserves equal rights as White men and women
2. What is the main point the writer is trying to make? –
a. The main point is that she give a compelling case that she is well deserving of having Equal civil rights
b. Is there a clearly stated thesis, or is the thesis merely implied? -
i. My thesis:
1. My thesis is that sojourner truth is justifying that she deserves the same civil rights equal to white men of her time.
c. Is it appropriately qualified?
3. What support does the writer offer for the claim?
a. What reasons are given to support the claim?
b. What evidence backs up those reasons? Facts? Statistics? Examples? Testimonials …show more content…
4. How evenhandedly does the writer present the argument? Is there any mention of counterargument? If so, how does the writer deal with them? By refuting them? By acknowledging them and responding to them reasonably? Does the writer treat other arguments respectfully? Dismissively?
Counterarguments: Throughout her entire speech she continue to counter reasons why women shouldn’t have equal rights as men. First she mentions how white woman are treated as if they’re all damsels in distress. She counters that position by bluntly stating that she has never had that type of care and she herself is a woman. She goes and elaborates how she has done just as much and as male slave. Presuming that it has been implied that women are not capable of doing such. When she poses to the crowd what is needed again she refutes the position that intellect is needed to have the same civil rights as men. Through the analogy of filling cups, which shatters that intellect argument. The way she counter these many positions throughout her speech was ever so