Answer:
14. True.
15. False.
16. True.
Explanation:
In Chinua Achebe's novel 'Things Fall Apart", the story revolves around the Igbo culture in Africa, specifically on the character of Okonkwo. The story deals with themes of culture, tradition, Christianity, conformity, etc.
In Chapter 3, we see that Okonkwo's father Unoka went to the Oracle to consult why his crops failed even though he made sacrifices. It was then that he was told his crops failed despite his sacrifices because he was lazy and had planted on a wasted land.
Okonkwo's prosperity was a result of his desire to be unlike his lazy father. He did not want to be deemed alike to his father and thus, went to the wealthy Nwakibie to ask for 400 yam seeds.
In Igbo culture, yam was considered to be the king of the crops. It was assumed that a man who can feed yam to his family the whole year is a man who has succeeded and is hardworking.
Answer:
The fallacy which the above sentence is an example of is:
B. overgeneralization
Explanation:
Overgeneralization is a type of fallacy in which a biased judgment or conclusion is drawn upon. Also, the evidence given to support the judgment does not contain sufficient evidence to prove itself. The judgment is based on some prior experience. In the above statement, the judgment about the author is made by his last book which brings to highlight overgeneralization fallacy in it.
The man with the long hair is tall
Answer:
So what this means is...
Explanation:
To elaborate, they did this because...
