Read this thesis from a rhetorical analysis of James Cross Giblin’s The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.

Question

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?

A party of fourteen, including several artists and architects, accompanied Champollion. Deciding to dress like natives, they wore turbans on their heads, gold-embroidered jackets, and yellow boots.
Champollion helped to provide the world with that knowledge, which scholars today are still adding to.
Working steadily, Champollion in the next month deciphered more than eighty cartouches. He succeeded in reading the names of all the Greek and Roman leaders who had ruled Egypt since the time of Alexander.
It took more than a hundred years, and the efforts of many scholars, to translate all three passages of writing on the Rosetta Stone.

Answer 1

The strongest evidence to support the thesis is:

"A party of fourteen, including several artists and architects, accompanied Champollion. Deciding to dress like natives, they wore turbans on their heads, gold-embroidered jackets, and yellow boots."

This detail vividly describes the scene and the participants, allowing the reader to visualize the setting and the characters' actions, which effectively supports the idea that Giblin uses description to help readers visualize the events in the book.