Question

From A Kenyan Teens Discovery Let There Be Lights to Save Lions by Nina Gregory She has been studying the conflict between humans and lions, and her work led her to Richard. In one week, she monitored over 50 cases where lions attacked livestock.its a very, very serious problem, she says Her work studying the problem led her to Richard. One night he was walking around with a flashlight and discovered the lions were scared of a moving light. A light went on inside him and an idea was born.

Three weeks and much tinkering later, Richard had invented a system of lights that flash around the cow shed, mimicking a human walking around with a flashlight. His system is made from broken flashlight parts and an indicator box from a motorcycle.The only thing I bought was a solar panel,which charges a battery that supplies power to the lights at night, Richard says. He calls the system Lion Lights.The word light appears twice in the seventh paragraph. How is the meaning of the word in the first sentence different from the way the word is used in the second sentence of the paragraph?

A) In the first sentence the world light means something that is moving, and in the second sentence it means the beginnings of an idea.
B) In the first sentence the word light means illumination that makes things visible, and in the second sentence it means Richard shined the flashlight on himself.
C) In the first sentence the word light means the illumination that makes things visible, and in the second sentence it means the beginnings of an idea.
D) In the first sentence the word light means something that comes out of a flashlight, and in the second sentence it refers to the beginnings of an idea.

Answer 1

The word 'light' in the given text has two meanings: as actual illumination from a flashlight in the first instance, and metaphorically as the spark of an idea in Richard's mind in the second instance.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the context of the seventh paragraph from 'A Kenyan Teen's Discovery Let There Be Lights to Save Lions' by Nina Gregory, the word light is used in two different ways. In the first sentence, the word light refers to the illumination that makes things visible, specifically the flashlight Richard was using to scare lions away from livestock. In contrast, the second sentence uses the word light metaphorically to describe the beginnings of an idea that sparked in Richard's mind after he noticed the effect of the moving flashlight on lions.