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In her speech "Ain't I a Woman?," Sojourner Truth utilizes rhetorical questions, repetition, idiom. and allusions to highlight the discrimination she's faced and the importance of women's rights. Truth's argument contains several rhetorical questions, but one that she repeats is "Ain't I a Woman?," which demonstrates the discrimination she faces. As a black woman, some people don't even see her as a woman; they see her as an object. This rhetorical question allows the other women at the convention to reflect, and it is Truth's hope that they'll support her. All of the rhetorical questions in Truth's speech serve the purpose of trying to persuade the audience. In addition to the repetition and rhetorical questions, Truth employs an allusion near the end of her argument. She exclaims "Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him." This allusion exemplifies Truth's argument that women are capable and why women deserve basic human rights. These rhetorical devices all worked together to help Truth fight for her rights in front of the other women attending the convention.