Question

read the excerpt from ships chronometer from hms beagle. before long the whole of britain was running by the clock, and the measurement of time had been severed from the natural cycle of days and seasons. the clock ruled every aspect of life — shops and schools, pleasure and work. as charles dickens wrote, ‘there was even railway time observed in clocks, as if the sun itself had given in.’ nigel thrift explains: the chronometer, an exceptionally accurate clock, meant that gradually an ever more accurate measure of time became possible, and that of macgregor mainly engages the reader through the use of a(n) ○ anecdote. ○ description. ○ opinion. ○ quotation.

Explanation:

To determine how MacGregor engages the reader, we analyze the excerpt. There is a direct quote from Charles Dickens: “There was even railway time observed in clocks, as if the sun itself had given in.” An anecdote is a short story, a description is a detailed account of something, and an opinion is a personal view. Here, the use of a direct quotation from Dickens is evident, so the answer is quotation.

Answer:

D. quotation