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    Ambiguity refers to vagueness or a lack of clarity where an idea, statement or message can be understood in more than one way. An ambiguous statement, word or idea has an uncertainty in meaning because it can be interpreted in more than one way. The example given shows a statement from a character named Unoka to Okoye that is ambiguous because it references proverbs and debts in a way that is unclear about what is specifically being communicated.

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    Introduces students to the concept of ambiguity in literature.

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    Ambiguity refers to vagueness or a lack of clarity where an idea, statement or message can be understood in more than one way. An ambiguous statement, word or idea has an uncertainty in meaning because it can be interpreted in more than one way. The example given shows a statement from a character named Unoka to Okoye that is ambiguous because it references proverbs and debts in a way that is unclear about what is specifically being communicated.

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    Ambiguity refers to vagueness or a lack of clarity where an idea, statement or message can be understood in more than one way. An ambiguous statement, word or idea has an uncertainty in meaning because it can be interpreted in more than one way. The example given shows a statement from a character named Unoka to Okoye that is ambiguous because it references proverbs and debts in a way that is unclear about what is specifically being communicated.

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    Understanding

    AMBIGUITY

    Ambiguity (noun)
    A vagueness that occurs when information

    or an idea can be understood in more than one way.

    Ambiguous (adjective)
    unclear or uncertain because the meaning

    could be interpreted in more than one way

    What is ambiguous?

    What is ambiguous?

    What is ambiguous?

    What is ambiguous?
    You see, I owe that man a thousand cowries.

    But he has not come to wake me up in the morning for it. I shall pay you, but not today. Our elders say that the sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them. I shall pay my big debts first (7-8). -Unoka to Okoye

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