Next to the statues and the head, the slab seems unimpressive at first glance. It is roughly the size of a tabletop-three feet nine inches long, two feet four and a half inches wide, and eleven inches thick. 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.

—The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,
James Cross Giblin

You have identified the claim and reason in the passage. Write a few sentences explaining what the author will have to do in the rest of the book to develop a truly strong viewpoint.

Answer / Explanation:

In order to develop a truly strong view point, the author will have to explain the importance of the Rosetta Stone after he states the importance.  Give a back story to the stone's origins and talk more about the riddle of the Rosetta stone.  The author has to apply his connections to why he titled the excerpt "The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone" since he did not defy a riddle nor state a backstory to this famous rock.  Giblin will have to inform his readers to develop a strong viewpoint mainly because he brings no evidence and produces no citation.  The reader must take his word and his knowledge and apply it to their personal views on the Rosetta Stone.

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