Question

aint i a woman?
sojourner truth (1797 - 1883)
1 well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i think that twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. but whats all this here talking about?
2 that 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 aint i a woman? look at me! look at my arm! i have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! and aint i a woman? i could work as much and eat as much as a man - when i could get it - and bear the lash as well! and aint i a woman? i have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when i cried out with my mothers grief, none but jesus heard me! and aint i a woman?
3 then they talk about this thing in the head; whats this they call it? (members of audience whisper, “intellect”) thats it, honey. whats that got to do with womens rights or negroes rights? if my cup wont hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldnt you be mean not to let me have my little
the organizational pattern of this speech can best be described as
a cause - effect
b chronological
c order of importance
d comparison - contrast

Explanation:

The speech "Ain't I A Woman?" centers on contrasting the idealized, privileged view of white women (who are helped into carriages, given the best places) with Sojourner Truth's own experience as an enslaved/Black woman—performing grueling labor, losing children to slavery, and receiving no such "courtesies"—while asserting her identity as a woman. It also contrasts the lack of rights for Black people and women with the power of white men. This core structure of setting up differences to make her argument fits the comparison-contrast pattern.

Answer:

D. comparison-contrast