Danger of a Single Story Flashcards
“regain a kind of paradise”
Metaphor, illustrates that by not stereotyping others, and instead seeing the full story, we can create a perfect “paradise” as seen through the imagery created of innocence and purity.
“fleecing” “sneaking” “being arrested”
Negative Verbs, illustrate the damage that the single story can do but also show how she herself is also guilty of buying into the single story when looking at others such as the “Mexicans” and “Fide” helping the listener humanise her and feel they have a shared responsibility to move past the single story
“We”
Inclusive Pronouns, help the reader to realise we have a shared responsibility to stop listening to the single story and also to show that she like the reader has been guilty of the things that she is talking about.
“watching the people going to work, rolling up tortillas in the marketplace, smoking, laughing”
Contrasting asyndetic list of verbs, highlights her own single story that she bought into and helps the listener relate to her.
“over and over”
Repetition, draws attention to how the problem lies in society and how often people use only the single story instead of forming their own ideas.
“Stories matter. Many stories matter”
Consecutive short repetitive sentences, illustrates the importance of many different stories and how stories are good
Ending:
final single sentence para shows the speakers final words of wisdom and uses the first person pronoun “we” to create a strong connection and inclusivity with the listeners and to convey that together they can change the problem of the single story by creating many more stories of our own
Other Key Quotes
“Tribal music” (humour, how she was stereotyped)
“I too am just as guilty in the question of the single story” (declarative tone, shared responsibility)
“Now I loved those American and British books I read” (careful placed point, not alienate reader by being critical)
Anecdotes throughout (show personal experiences, humanise her)
