Which statement best describes Hopping’s viewpoint and purpose in this excerpt? The author feels that Diane France is a resource
ful scientist, and writes to convince readers to make casts of their tongues using alginate. The author views Diane France as a creative problem solver, and writes to inform readers about the time France made a cast of her own tongue. The author thinks Diane France is a funny person, and writes to entertain readers with an amusing event in France’s life. The author believes that Diane France is a brilliant forensic anthropologist, and writes to persuade readers to study anthropology.
Being clever and smart are two different things. She is clever because she is capable of applying ideas to learn something from her cases. Example - she looks at the teeth - he is a smoker. A great book to read is Dead Men Do Tell Tales. She is quick to understand what she is looking at and she is clever at getting what she wants.
