Read this thesis from a rhetorical analysis of James Cross Giblin’s The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone. James Cross Giblin effectively uses description in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone to help the reader visualize the events in the book.

Which detail from the text is the strongest evidence to support the thesis?

What theme is best revealed by this conflict? a.)with cooperation, crews can defeat the gods. b.)dangerous ocean travel claims many lives. c.)rest is required for all who work hard. d.)people must respect the wrath of the gods. read the excerpt from part 1 of the odyssey. now zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships and driving veils of the squall moved down like night on land and sea. the bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed outstrips in the big wind. we saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore.