Question

excerpt from gulliver’s travels by jonathan swift
heard a confused noise about me, but, in the posture i lay, could see nothing except the sky
in a little time. i felt something alive moving on my left leg, which, advancing gently forward
over my breast, came almost up to my chin, when, bending my eyes downward, as much as
i could, i perceived it to be a human creature, not six inches high, with a bow and arrow in his
hands, and a quiver at his back. in the meantime i felt at least forty more of the same kind
(as i conjectured) following the first.
i was in the utmost astonishment, and roared so loud that they all ran back in a fright, and
some of them, as i was afterwards told, were hurt with the falls they got by leaping from my
sides upon the ground. however, they soon returned, and one of them, who ventured so far
as to get a full sight of my face, lifting up his hands and eyes by way of admiration, cried out
in a shrill, but distinct voice—hekinah degul! the others repeated the same words several
times, but i then knew not what they meant.

drag each tile to the correct location on the image.
identify which details are most important or less important for an objective summary of the passage.
tiles:

• i perceived it to be a human creature, not six inches high...
• i was in the utmost astonishment, and roared so loud that they all ran back in a fright...
• i felt at least forty more of the same kind...
• but distinct voice—hekinah degul! the others repeated the same words several times...
• one of them, who ventured so far as to get a full sight of my face...
• most important details
• less important details

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze which details are crucial for summarizing the scene (most important) and which are supplementary (less important):

Most Important Details (Core to the event/description):

• I perceived it to be a human creature, not six inches high... (Describes the key discovery of the tiny human - sized creature, central to the scene from Gulliver’s Travels.)
• I was in the utmost astonishment, and roared so loud that they all ran back in a fright... (Captures Gulliver’s reaction and the creatures’ response, driving the action.)
• I felt at least forty more of the same kind... (Adds context to the number of creatures, important for the scene’s scale.)

Less Important Details (Specific, supplementary actions/descriptions):

• but distinct voice—Hekinah degul! the others repeated the same words several times... (Focuses on dialogue/voice details, less central to the core event of encountering the creatures.)
• one of them, who ventured so far as to get a full sight of my face... (Describes a minor action of one creature, supplementary to the main encounter.)

Final Drag - and - Drop Assignment:

• Most Important Details:
• I perceived it to be a human creature, not six inches high...
• I was in the utmost astonishment, and roared so loud that they all ran back in a fright...
• I felt at least forty more of the same kind...

• Less Important Details:
• but distinct voice—Hekinah degul! the others repeated the same words several times...
• one of them, who ventured so far as to get a full sight of my face...