GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
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Why does the author describe what life might be like today if Edison hadn’t invented the phonograph?
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To persuade the reader into buying a phonograph
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To compare and contrast the phonograph to the kinetograph
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To show how our lives would be less interesting because we would not be able to listen to music.
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To inform the reader of Edison’s inventions.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Edison had very little formal education as a child, attending school only for a few months. He was taught reading, writing, and arithmetic by his mother, but was always a very curious child and taught himself much by reading on his own. This belief in self-improvement remained throughout his life.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages through indentations on paper tape, which could later be sent over the telegraph repeatedly. This development led Edison to speculate that a telephone message could also be recorded in a similar fashion.
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