Critical reading is a form of language analysis that does not take the given text at face value, but involves a deeper examination of the claims put forth as well as the supporting points and possible counterarguments.
Answer:
schools will be starting
summer coming to an end
they cant make me go!
kids are complaining
teachers are too strict and mean
why cant i be home?
sleep is depriving
the soft bed is calling me
cant finish my homework
overall school sucks
i never want to return
who invented it?!
my poem is done
give me the scholarship now
i am through. the end.
Other Haiku:
Respect for others
to keep youthful crime at bay;
consideration.
Answer:
a. It is biased because it reflects an attitude about one of Thomas Young's ideas.
Explanation:
The given excerpt from "The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone" by James Giblin which became the inception for the study of ancient Egyptian history. In his book, Giblin projects the ideas and opinions of Thomas Young in his attempts to decipher the stone's hieroglyphics. Although Giblin believes Young may have contributed valuable information regarding the stone writings, he also believes that Young's ideas are sometimes biased.
Like for instance, in the given excerpt in the question, he mentions one such ideas of Young where he "<em>made a leap of the imagination"</em>. In cases such as this, it is important to find or provide actual proof, rather than depend on <em>"inspired hunches"</em>. Thus, this passage is a biased one as it reflects one of Young's attitudes.
