Copy of L.CSE.1& L.CSE.2 : Stained Glass (9/2/2025)

Instructions

Part II: Revising & Editing

Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 

"The Art of Stained Glass" 

The art of stained glass windows dates to the Middle Ages. Gothic architectural innovations in Europe like pointed arches and flying buttresses allowed for larger window frames for artists to create vivid, colorful scenes. These windows, which adorned great cathedrals, were intended to provide illumination in two ways. First, by filling the dark church interior with actual sunlight, and second, by informing the mostly illiterate churchgoers about the religious symbols and narratives.

In the Middle Ages, the creation of stained glass windows was a collaborative process involving glassmakers, glaziers, and artists. Glassmakers carefully mixed raw materials at high temperatures and then cooled the liquid into flat sheets. Through trial and error, glassmakers developed carefully guarded recipes for colored glass by adding minerals such as copper to produce red glass or iron to produce green glass. Glassmakers supplied sheets of colored glass to glaziers, who both cut the glass to shape and arrange the pieces over the artist's sketch. Glaziers joined the pieces of cut glass using lead, a material that enabled the stained glass to endure extreme weather conditions, and the finished panel was mounted in place by builders. 

Stained glass windows remain an integral design feature in prominent houses of worship around the world. The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, constructed between 1876 and 1888, features arabesque arches filled with stained glass windows; that reflect an intricate rainbow of light onto the floor. Unlike the illustrated scenes of Gothic architecture, the Nasir al-Mulk windows feature geometric patterns reminiscent of the tile mosaics common in Islamic art. The windows act as a kaleidoscope, sending colored light in every direction--a fitting design element because of light's important symbolism in Islam.

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Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

These windows, which adorned the great cathedrals, were intended to provide illumination in two ways. First, by filling the dark church interior with actual sunlight, and second, by informing the mostly illiterate churchgoers about the religious symbols and narratives.

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Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

Glassmakers supplied sheets of colored glass to glaziers, who both cut the glass to shape and arrange the pieces over the artist's sketch.

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Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

Glaziers joined the pieces of cut glass using lead, a material that enabled the stained glass to endure extreme weather conditions, and the finished panel was mounted in place by builders.

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Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, constructed between 1876 and 1888, features arabesque arches filled with stained glass windows; that reflect an intricate rainbow of light onto the floor.

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Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

The windows act as a kaleidoscope, sending colored light in every direction--a fitting design element because of light's important symbolism in Islam.

Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text? Glassmakers supplied sheets of colored glass to glaziers, who both cut the glass to shape and arrange the pieces over the artist's sketch.

Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?Glaziers joined the pieces of cut glass using lead, a material that enabled the stained glass to endure extreme weather conditions, and the finished panel was mounted in place by builders.

Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text? The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, constructed between 1876 and 1888, features arabesque arches filled with stained glass windows; that reflect an intricate rainbow of light onto the floor.

Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text? The windows act as a kaleidoscope, sending colored light in every direction--a fitting design element because of light's important symbolism in Islam.

Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

Glassmakers supplied sheets of colored glass to glaziers, who both cut the glass to shape and arrange the pieces over the artist's sketch.

Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

Glaziers joined the pieces of cut glass using lead, a material that enabled the stained glass to endure extreme weather conditions, and the finished panel was mounted in place by builders.

Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, constructed between 1876 and 1888, features arabesque arches filled with stained glass windows; that reflect an intricate rainbow of light onto the floor.

Which change, if any, is needed to revise the underlined text?

The windows act as a kaleidoscope, sending colored light in every direction--a fitting design element because of light's important symbolism in Islam.