English homework Flashcards
1
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What is the main focus of a danger of a single story?
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The focus is that how relying on a view of a single person can lead to stereotypes and a failed understanding of people.
2
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How does the writer show how a single story affects Africa?
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The single story of Africa is often conceived as a place of war, poverty and diseases, not following Africa’s truth and instead building up more stereotypes.
3
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What does the writer mean by a single story?
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The single story refers to a specific group, with at least 1 or more stereotypes providing unreliable information.
4
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True/False - the writer, despite steroeotyping people, gets stereotyped herself by her roommate.
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True
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