"The Danger of a Single Story" ELD RI5

Which text structure is Adichie primarily using in this excerpt?

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Sequencing

• Cause and Effect

What words and phrases clue you to the text structure? Choose all that apply.

• because

• consequence

• so

• now

What RESULTED from Adichie only reading American and British stories?

• a mental shift in her perception of literature

• not knowing that people like her could exist in literature

• being saved from a single story

What CAUSED Adichie to realize that girls like herself could be represented in literature?

• reading writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye

• loving the American and British books she grew up with

• the worlds opened up by the American and British books she read

How does the cause and effect structure strengthen her argument that single stories are dangerous? Choose TWO.

• by showing how exposure to new stories opened up her self-expression

• by illustrating how different the American stories are from African tales

• by explaining how single stories caused her to feel unrepresented

Answer explanation

The incorrect answer choice is incorrect because, while it may be true to the text, it is describing compare and contrast structure, not cause and effect.