Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin. The hieroglyphic passage took the longest to translate, partly because the hieroglyphs were the least understood of the three languages, and partly because so much of the text was missing. Champollion succeeded in deciphering a large part of the passage, but the meaning of many hieroglyphs was still unknown when he did his major work in the 1820s. Which line from the excerpt best states the central idea? The hieroglyphic passage presented the biggest challenge of the three inscriptions. Most of Champollion’s major work was accomplished in the 1820s. Champollion’s persistence helped him decipher a large part of the hieroglyphic passage. Hieroglyphs were the least understood because scholars had misinterpreted their meaning.

to inform the reader of King Ptolemy's greatness

Explanation: translating the demotic text on the Rosetta Stone took the work of many scholars.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)