Reasoning and Logic in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone
Question 6 • DAEP-English 7 A(20 Day Term)
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.As he thought about the hieroglyphs in Thothmes' and Ramesses' names, Champollion realized their significance. It went far beyond the names themselves and gave him an insight into the entire system of hieroglyphic writing. For the names revealed that hieroglyphs were not simply representations of sounds. Nor did they have an exclusively symbolic meaning, as Thomas Young and other scholars had long believed. Instead, they were a combination of the two.What type of reasoning is shown in the excerpt?
Answer
A
moving from the big picture of hieroglyphics being both representations of sounds and symbols to the details of Thothmes's and Ramesses's names
B
moving from the big picture of Thothmes's and Ramesses's names to the details of the hieroglyphic translations
C
moving from the details of the individual hieroglyphics to the big picture of hieroglyphics being both representations of sounds and symbols
D
moving from the details of hieroglyphic writing to the big picture of Thomas Young and other scholars
Explanation
The excerpt begins with Champollion studying the hieroglyphs in two specific names, Thothmes and Ramesses. From those details, he draws a broader conclusion about how the entire writing system worked: hieroglyphs combined sound-based and symbolic meanings. This is reasoning from specific details to a big-picture idea, so the correct choice is “moving from the details of the individual hieroglyphics to the big picture of hieroglyphics being both representations of sounds and symbols.”
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