Which statement best describes Hopping's viewpoint and
purpose in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "Bone Detective" by Lorraine Jean
Hopping
At her lab she mixed the alginate powder with water to form
a paste. Standing in front of a mirror, she scooped up a
blob and spread it on her tongue. She pressed it down with
her fingers to get out any air bubbles. Not bad, she
thought Tastes just like spearmint. She decided to make
an extra-thick mold to make it easier to peel off. So, she
added another gloopy blog—and another
With her thickened tongue hanging out, Diane padded
around the lab doing odds and ends while the material set.
After about 10 minutes, she peeled off the alginate slowly
and carefully. It was fragile-bendable and easy to tear-
but it made an excellent impression of her tongue.
The author feels that Diane France is a resourceful
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

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.

Explanation:

he authors think that Diane France is a very creative problem solver and she illustrates this by telling the story about the time when Diane France made a cast of her tongue to investigate and have better results, she used the tools that she had and applied them in a very creative way to solve the problem

The author thinks Diane France is very creative. So the answer is B option 2

Explanation:

I took the test and I got 100%

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)

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)