Question

Read the excerpt from "Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle” and consider the accompanying image.

If you wanted to sail, it was impossible to keep a precise record of time. And at sea, if you can’t tell the time, you don’t know how far east or west you are. It is relatively easy to calculate latitude – your distance north or south of the equator – by measuring the height of the Sun above the horizon at noon; but this won’t let you calculate longitude – your position east or west.





Which statement best describes how the image reinforces the text?

The image engages readers with an historic example.

The image aids readers’ understanding of key concepts.

The image entertains readers with a modern application.

The image explains how to measure the height of the sun.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "The image aids readers' understanding of key concepts". A nautical chronometer made by Thomas Earnshaw is now in the British Museum. It was used in the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his voyage around the world as part of the equipment of HMS Beagle. It was not the first chronometers, but it was the first lower-cost chronometers.  It was brass and it was around the size of a large pocket watch.

Answer 2

The statement which best describes how the image reinforces the text is "The image aids readers' understanding of key concept.

What is Imagery?

This refers to the use of descriptions in a way that the reader can visualize the setting in his mind.

Hence, we can see that the image given helped to reinforce the text as it helps the reader get a better understanding of the key concept and how the chronometer came to be so important.

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