Practice Test

Question 8 • Language Arts 11

Which statement from "Ain't I a Woman?" is an example of pathos?

Answer

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.

That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.

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!

If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?

Explanation

Pathos appeals to the audience’s emotions. In choice C, Sojourner Truth describes bearing thirteen children and suffering as most were sold into slavery, ending with the image of crying in grief with no one but Jesus to hear her. That deeply emotional personal experience is intended to move the audience.

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