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For centuries, the hieroglyphic carvings on ancient Egyptian monuments remained unreadable, their meanings lost to time. The breakthrough came in 1799 when French soldiers discovered a dark stone slab near the town of Rosetta. [1] This artifact, later known as the Rosetta Stone, featured a royal decree inscribed in three distinct scripts: hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Ancient Greek. Because scholars could already read Ancient Greek, they used this familiar text as a translation key to decipher the other two scripts. Jean-François Champollion eventually cracked the hieroglyphic code in 1822, opening a window into thousands of years of Egyptian history.

The writer is considering adding the following sentence at Point [1]:

"French troops in Egypt often encountered difficult desert conditions and suffered from various tropical diseases."

Should the writer make this addition here?

  1. A
    Yes, because it provides essential historical background about the hardships faced by the soldiers who found the Rosetta Stone.
  2. B
    Yes, because it helps explain why the French military campaign in Egypt ultimately failed.
  3. No, because it introduces irrelevant details about the soldiers' health that distract from the paragraph's focus on the discovery and decipherment of the Rosetta Stone.Cevap
  4. D
    No, because it contradicts the paragraph's claim that the discovery of the stone was a major breakthrough.

Cevap

The writer should not add the sentence because it introduces irrelevant details about the soldiers' health and living conditions, which distracts from the paragraph's central focus on the discovery and decipherment of the Rosetta Stone.
The correct choice is the option explaining that the sentence should not be added because it introduces irrelevant details about the soldiers' health that distract from the focus on the Rosetta Stone's discovery and decipherment. The paragraph is centered on the Rosetta Stone as a translation key for hieroglyphs, not the personal experiences or struggles of the French army.

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1
Identify the main focus of the paragraph.
The paragraph describes the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and how its multilingual inscriptions allowed scholars to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
To evaluate whether to add a sentence, you must first determine the central theme of the surrounding text.
2
Analyze the proposed sentence to see what information it adds.
The proposed sentence describes the difficult desert conditions and tropical diseases experienced by French troops in Egypt.
Understanding the content of the proposed addition allows you to compare it to the main topic of the passage.
3
Determine if the proposed sentence is relevant to the main topic.
The hardships of the soldiers are irrelevant to the linguistic breakthrough of deciphering hieroglyphs. Adding this sentence would disrupt the flow of the paragraph by introducing a tangential topic.
A sentence should only be added if it supports the main idea of the paragraph or provides a necessary transition.

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