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1.) which of the following is an example of narrative nonfiction
a. an autobiography of a dancer
b. a bus schedule for chicago
c. an owners manual for a car
d. a pamphlet asking people to vote

2. the enlightenment and the scientific revolution were twin explosions in thinking that made the 17th and 18th centuries one of the most exciting and dynamic eras in european history. people came to believe in the power of human reason apart from the guidance of religion. astronomers concluded that the sun rather than earth was the center of the universe, philosopher's questioned kings divine right to rule and explorers brought back new ideas from the middle and far east modern thought stems from the enlightenment and contemporary science is a result of the scientific revolution.
what kind of essay is this selection
a. persuasive
b. reflective
c. expository
d. descriptive

3. what is the authors purpose in writing this selection
a. to entertain the reader with strange facts about how people thought during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
b. to explain the factors that made the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries periods of great change in thinking and science
c. to persuade readers that there was more scientific advancement in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries than in any others
d. to describe how ways of thinking during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were like exciting explosion's

4. what does the author want to convoy about this time through the use of the phrases "explosion's in thinking" and "dynamic eras"?
a. that this was a time of innovative ideas and changing beliefs
b. that it was dangerous to think differently during this time
c. that people didn't learn much of anything in previous centuries
d. that people were suspicious of change during this time

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1.) which of the following is an example of narrative nonfiction
a. an autobiography of a danc...