Read the excerpt from the riddle of the rosetta stone by james cross giblin. before the rosetta stone was discovered in 1799, no one knew how to read egyptian hieroglyphic writing. its meaning had been lost for almost 1400 years. but countless visitors to egypt over the centuries had tried to decipher the mysterious symbols. this is the story of their attempts, and of how the rosetta stone finally enabled scholars to unlock the egyptian past. this excerpt contains four sentences of fact and a. four sentences of opinion. b. two sentences of opinion. c. one sentence of opinion. d. zero sentences of opinion.

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.