Ngugi wa thiong'o begins this excerpt with stories of his childhood. what is his purpose in starting out this way? how does this strategy contribute to the effectiveness of the argument he is building?

Starting the stories with his childhood makes Ngugi's stories seem more real than others because people think that it is a real life story.Mentioning childhood invokes multiple senses of the readers,engages the readers,evokes strong emotions as people start to think of their own childhood as well, helps in creating intriguing and complex characters for Ngugi's stories,the writer may use rich character voice,Ngugi is able to pull his readers into action.

the correct answer is the following is a list of inventions made in the medieval islamic world, especially during the "islamic golden age" (8th to 13th centuries),[1][2] as well as the late medieval period, especially in the emirate of granada and the ottoman empire.

science and technology in the islamic world adopted and preserved knowledge and technologies from contemporary and earlier civilizations, including persia, india, china, and greece-roman antiquity, while making a number of improvements and innovations.

the words "interested" and "interesting" are in the same word group as they are based in the noun "interest". however, their meanings are very different.

"interesting" is an active adjective, meaning that it causes interest.

"interested" is a passive adjective, meaning that it has interest for something.

a clear example can be "i am interested in this book, the book is really interesting."

generally speaking, an active adjective can end in -ing, and those will be adjectives causing a reaction or emotion. other examples of active adjectives are: boring, exciting, annoying, exhausting.

a passive adjective may end in -ed, and those will be describing the noun that is receiving the action. other examples of passive adjectives are: bored, excited, annoyed, exhausted.