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Pankhurst: context and an introduction to rhetoric for gender specific injustice

Fired up about equal rights? In this lesson, we will learn about Emmeline Pankhurst, an iconic suffragette who used rhetorical language to highlight the injustices faced by women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. We will explore the language that Emmeline Pankhurst used to create a large feminist following, and ultimately to drive social change that changed the world forever.

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Q1.What is injustice?

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Q2.Sojourner Truth opens her speech with:

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Q3.Truth uses a tricolon to demonstrate that she is:

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Q4.Truth's anecdote of her enslaved children is:

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Q5.The final exclamatory sentence prompts the audience to:

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Q6.It was difficult for women to speak out because they had:

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Q1.What is injustice?

1/6

Q2.Sojourner Truth opens her speech with:

2/6

Q3.Truth uses a tricolon to demonstrate that she is:

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Q4.Truth's anecdote of her enslaved children is:

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Q5.The final exclamatory sentence prompts the audience to:

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Q6.It was difficult for women to speak out because they had:

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Injustice: Pankhurst & Sojourner Truth

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Q1.Truth suffered injustice because:

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Q2.Suffragettes and Suffragists campaigned for the women's right to:

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Q3.A key leader of the Suffragettes movement was (select two answers):

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Q4.The suffragettes took a violent approach to protest, by (select three answers):

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Q5.What was the suffragettes' motto?

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Q6.The rhetorical language Pankhurst used was:

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Injustice: Pankhurst & Sojourner Truth

Complete the questions below:

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Q1.Truth suffered injustice because:

Select two (2) boxes

1/6

Q2.Suffragettes and Suffragists campaigned for the women's right to:

2/6

Q3.A key leader of the Suffragettes movement was (select two answers):

Select two (2) boxes

3/6

Q4.The suffragettes took a violent approach to protest, by (select three answers):

Select three (3) boxes

4/6

Q5.What was the suffragettes' motto?

5/6

Q6.The rhetorical language Pankhurst used was:

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Lesson summary: Pankhurst: context and an introduction to rhetoric for gender specific injustice

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