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Mini-module: Critical Thinking - Undergraduate

Critical thinking - Reading and writing

Read the two texts below. What are the differences between them? And ...

Text A:

On 10th May 2017 in Southwark, two complete Saxon skeletons were discovered in the car park behind the Tesco supermarket. One of the skeletons is a king and the other one is a queen. The king is 1.83 metres tall and the queen is 1.70 metres. Both of them died in about 450 AD during a battle with another tribe.

Text B:

On 10th May 2017 in Southwark, two complete skeletons were discovered in the car park behind the Tesco supermarket. It is thought that the taller skeleton may be a king since there are the remains of a crown, while the smaller one may be a queen as there are the remains of expensive jewellery. The style of the jewellery suggests a date of about 450 AD. This was a violent period, so both may have been killed in battle.

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