Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin. De Sacy, Akerblad, Young, Champollion, and others all made some progress in translating the demotic passage. But the first scholar who fully understood the symbols in the demotic text was a German, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, who published a translation of it, with commentary, in 1850. An even more thorough version was published by another German scholar, Dr. J. J. Hess, in 1902.

The details from the excerpt best support the idea that

Champollion was the most well-known scholar to work on the Rosetta Stone translation.
translating the demotic text on the Rosetta Stone took the work of many scholars.
the demotic text on the Rosetta Stone would still be a mystery without the work of Dr. J. J. Hess.
the best translation of the demotic text on the Rosetta Stone was in German.

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Write a line imitating the meter of the example (anapestic tetrameter.) and the beard/ on his chin/ was as white/ as the snow

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.