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AssignmentMultiple Choice

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

Question 1 • Common Core ELA 7 A-IC

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

Answer
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an autobiography that describes the author’s lifelong attempts to translate the Rosetta Stone
B
a memoir about the year the author spent researching the Rosetta Stone
C
a history of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and many people’s attempts to translate it
D
a biography of the life of the Rosetta Stone’s original author

Explanation

The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone is a historical account of the stone’s discovery and the efforts to decipher the ancient writing on it. It follows the work of several people, rather than recounting the author’s own life or a year of personal research, so the best answer is “a history of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and many people’s attempts to translate it.”

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