Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin. Then, in 1887, yet another copy of the [Rosetta Stone]—this one almost intact—was unearthed in the ruins of a temple in Lower Egypt. Now, for the first time, scholars had a version of the hieroglyphic text that they could compare line-for-line with the Greek and demotic versions. New translations of the hieroglyphic text were made in France and Germany, and an excellent English one appeared in 1904. A few sections still remain unclear, though. The central idea of this excerpt is that a greater understanding of the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone became possible because it was translated into English. present-day experts came up with a new theory. a Greek version was discovered. an almost complete copy was discovered.

an almost complete copy was discovered.

Explanation:

According to the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin, there was another copy of the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1887 in Egypt and scholars could use this copy to compare with other older versions.

Therefore, the central idea of this excerpt is that an almost complete copy was discovered.

d rising action

both the address and the poster use diction to convey their message. diction is defined as a style of writing or speaking based on the types of words chosen in order to send a message. parallelism is when a similar sentence structure is used for several sentences on a text; roosevelt's address doesn't follow that. repetition has to do with repeating a word or sentence in order to emphasize and idea, however neither the poster nor the address use repetion. finally, the address doesn't use images to convey a message.