Rhetorical Devices and Figurative Language in a Speech
Question 7 • Language Arts 9 (B) - SHARP 2026
Read the excerpt from "The Danger of Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.Now, I loved those American and British books I read. They stirred my imagination. They opened up new worlds for me. But the unintended consequence was that I did not know that people like me could exist in literature. So what the discovery of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a single story of what books are.
Answer
A
It highlights the amount of time Adichie spent reading.
B
It describes Adichie’s confusion over the books she read in her childhood.
C
It shows Adichie’s preference for specific books.
D
It emphasizes the way literature influenced Adichie when she was younger.
Explanation
Adichie says the American and British books “stirred” her imagination and opened up new worlds, showing how literature affected her as a child. She also explains that discovering African writers changed her understanding of what books could be. This emphasizes literature’s influence on her when she was younger, rather than how long she read or confusion about the books.
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