Perseverance and Focusing on an Objective: Viewpoint in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

Question 1

What type of informational text is James Cross Giblin’s The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone?

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a history of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and many people’s attempts to translate it

Question 2

first personsecond person✔ third person

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✔ third person

Question 3

Which statement is an opinion?

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[T]his rather small piece of rock was more valuable than any of the larger objects in the room.

Question 4

Which part of a strong opinion is the final sentence of the passage?

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the claim

Question 5

Which detail from the passage shows that James Cross Giblin agrees with de Guignes’s view of cartouches?

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He calls it a genuine advance in understanding.

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