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"How fast can you run in a second? Six feet? A couple of meters? In that same second, light would travel more than 900 million feet (about 300 million meters). That's almost from Earth to the Moon! This length can be called a light second because it is the distance light travels in a second. (A "kid second" would be those six feet you just sprinted.)
—A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole,
Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Evaluate the author's use of description in this passage. How does she help you understand what a light second is? Support your answer with evidence from the text."
Answer:
The author helps you understand what "light second" is, relating the concept of "light second" to something that readers know.
Explanation:
The text above was taken from the book "A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole" by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano. this book seeks to explain astronomical concepts in a very simple way, attracting readers who do not know the astronomical terms and find it difficult to understand them.
An example of how the author established a very simple language, can be seen in the excerpt above, where the author manages to make the reader understand what is "light second" by associating this concept with something that the readers know. This is seen in the excerpt:
"How fast can you run in a second? Six feet? A couple of meters? In that same second, light would travel more than 900 million feet (about 300 million meters). That's almost from Earth to the Moon! This length can be called a light second"
