It is made of brass and is around the size of a large pocket watch, with a normal clock dial showing roman numerals and a smaller dial at the bottom for the second hand. the clock is suspended inside a swiveling brass ring fitted to the inside of a wooden box – this is the key to keeping the chronometer level even in an unsteady ship.
the author uses to explain the importance of the chronometer and the reader visualize it.
a: context clues
b: descriptive details
c: detailed synonyms
d: text features

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

What is the province of il chicago?

Read the sentence from last lecture by randy pausch. all right, so what we’re not talking about today, we are not talking about cancer, because i spent a lot of time talking about that and i’m really not interested. pausch tells his audience this because he wants them to know that