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Writing an Analysis of a Nonfiction Text Answers

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Which choice shows an opinion that is best supported with evidence?

A
Anyone who is interested in history will like James Cross Giblin’s The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone because Giblin gives a lot of information about ancient Greek and Egyptian history.
B
Champollion translated many of the cartouches in ancient Egyptian tombs and concluded that they represented titles of monarchs, such as "Caesar," "Great King," and "Beloved of the Gods."
C
Champollion is clearly the hero of James Cross Giblin’s The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone because most of the story seems to be about him and his work deciphering the Rosetta Stone.
D
James Cross Giblin’s word choice shows that he respects Champollion because he states that Champollion was proven to be “correct without any doubt” and he describes Champollion’s book as “ground-breaking.”
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Which choice shows an opinion that is well supported with evidence?

A
Carletta Wilson brilliantly portrays Abraham Lincoln as a man who is gifted with words, stating that he “inspired unity with his Second Inaugural Address” and that he “exhibited perfection in speech with the Gettysburg Address.”
B
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which states that “all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State . . . shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
C
By giving amazing descriptions of Lincoln as a brave reformer and a strong leader, Carletta Wilson creates a character whom the reader can really admire.
D
I did not like the book by Carletta Wilson about Abraham Lincoln, because it is too long and the language she uses is too difficult for the average reader to understand.
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Eileen is writing a literary analysis and reads this passage from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.But many experts would say that this rather small piece of rock was more valuable than any of the larger objects in the room. For it is the famed Rosetta Stone, which gave nineteenth-century scholars their first key to the secrets of ancient Egypt.Which thesis best fits into Eileen’s essay?

A
The Rosetta Stone was discovered in the nineteenth century in ancient Egypt by expert scholars.
B
The Rosetta Stone helped crack the hieroglyphs code, which makes it one of the most important artifacts found in ancient Egypt.
C
The Rosetta Stone is constructed from natural rock that dates back to the nineteenth century.
D
The Rosetta Stone helped generate a large population of tourists interested in ancient Egyptian artifacts.
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Hakeim is writing a literary analysis and reads this passage from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.Spotlights pick out markings carved into the surface of the stone, and close up you can tell that these marks are writing. At the top are fourteen lines of hieroglyphs – pictures of animals, birds, and geometric shapes. Below them you can make out thirty-two lines written in an unfamiliar script. And below that, at the bottom of the slab, are fifty-four more lines written in the letters of the Greek alphabet.Which thesis best fits into Hakeim’s essay?

A
To have an appreciation for the Rosetta Stone, it is important to view the artifact up close.
B
James Cross Giblin describes that hieroglyphs are representations of such images as birds, cats, and other shapes.
C
James Cross Giblin effectively describes how the Rosetta Stone presents carved data that were important for understanding ancient writing.
D
More than one hundred lines of textual information are included on the Rosetta Stone.
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Read this thesis statement from a literary analysis.James Cross Giblin gives clear explanations of the important historical figures in ancient Egyptian history in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.Which detail from the The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone is the best evidence to support the thesis?

A
De Sacy, Akerblad, Young, Champollion, and others all made some progress in translating the demotic passage.
B
He decided the three hieroglyphs must represent the name of Thothmes, the "Child of Thoth," a pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1501 to 1447 B.C.
C
Champollion had a chance to resolve this question when a fellow scholar sent him copies of some inscriptions from a temple that had been built long before the time of the Ptolemys.
D
Champollion succeeded in deciphering a large part of the passage, but the meaning of many hieroglyphs was still unknown when he did his major work in the 1820s.
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Read this thesis from a rhetorical analysis of James Cross Giblin’s The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.James Cross Giblin effectively uses description in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone to help the reader visualize the events in the book.Which detail from the text is the strongest evidence to support the thesis?

A
A party of fourteen, including several artists and architects, accompanied Champollion. Deciding to dress like natives, they wore turbans on their heads, gold-embroidered jackets, and yellow boots.
B
Champollion helped to provide the world with that knowledge, which scholars today are still adding to.
C
Working steadily, Champollion in the next month deciphered more than eighty cartouches. He succeeded in reading the names of all the Greek and Roman leaders who had ruled Egypt since the time of Alexander.
D
It took more than a hundred years, and the efforts of many scholars, to translate all three passages of writing on the Rosetta Stone.
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Which statement evaluates a text?

A
The text is a novel.
B
The text is understandable.
C
The text has 150 pages.
D
The text was published in English.
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The main purpose of a literary analysis is to

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entertain.
B
summarize.
C
evaluate.
D
inform.
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Which is the best example of a thesis statement for a literary analysis?

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Apollo 11 is the name of the 1969 space mission that put the first humans on the moon.
B
Samuel Chang, in his novel Lunar Discovery, captures well the suspense of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
C
Lunar Discovery, by Samuel Chang, is a novel about the Apollo 11 space mission to the moon.
D
The Apollo 11 space mission was one of the most important historical events of the twentieth century.
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A literary analysis should

A
include biographical information about the text’s author.
B
not include examples from the text as evidence.
C
include an opinion about the text.
D
not include an opinion about the text.

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