Question

read the excerpt from \the danger of a single story\ by chimamanda ngozi adichie. what struck me was this: she had felt sorry for me even before she saw me. her default position toward me, as an african, was a kind of patronizing, well - meaning pity. my roommate had a single story of africa: a single story of catastrophe. in this single story, there was no possibility of africans being similar to her in any way, no possibility of feelings more complex than pity, no possibility of a connection as human equals. which type of rhetoric does adichie use to describe her feelings about the interaction with her roommate? antithesis pathos irony ethos

Explanation:

Pathos is an appeal to emotions. Adichie describes her roommate's patronizing pity, which is an emotional - laden situation. She is trying to evoke an emotional response from the audience about the unfairness of the single - story perception. Antithesis is a contrast of ideas, irony is a contradiction between appearance and reality, and ethos is an appeal to ethics or credibility. None of these fit as well as pathos in this context.

Answer:

B. pathos