It's More Than Just Rain or Snow or Springtime

1.

Multiple Choice

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What is the central idea of the article?

Authors use weather and seasons in purposeful ways.

Seasons have always symbolized different stages of life.

Weather and seasons are topics authors carefully consider

Weather is an important part of the setting in a story or poem.

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the main argument the author makes about rain?

Rain makes characters feel sad and lonely

Rain can greatly affect all parts of a story.

Rain helps characters experience dramatic changes.

Rain can have both pleasant and unpleasant meanings

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is a persuasive text?

tells a factual viewpoint that is 100% true and is not opionated.

tells an author's opinion about a topic and tries to convince readers to agree with it or act on it.

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The author's purpose of this text, It's More Than Just Rain or Snow or Springtime, is to...

persuade

inform

entertain

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Victorian era was the period of when Queen Victoria reinged, and a style of architecture was named after her.

True

False

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Atmosphere means...

the overall tone or mood of a place or situation

Ensuring that all people have the same rights

changed in a meaningful way

to link; to group together

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Democratic means...

the overall tone or mood of a place or situation

Ensuring that all people have the same rights

changed in a meaningful way

to link; to group together

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Transformed means...

the overall tone or mood of a place or situation

Ensuring that all people have the same rights

changed in a meaningful way

to link; to group together

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Associate means...

the overall tone or mood of a place or situation

Ensuring that all people have the same rights

changed in a meaningful way

to link; to group together

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A persuasive text will present facts and examples, rather than opinions, to support the author's claims or viewpoint.

True

False

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

If the author's purpose is to persuade, then the author wants...

readers to enjoy a story

to share information about a topic

readers to think or act a scertain way

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Author ideas and support: a fact is...

can be proven true. Examples: numbers, photos, maps, or eye witness reports, etc.

a personal belief and cannot be proven true. Examples: use of 'I believe', 'I think', 'best', 'seems to be', etc.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Author ideas and support: an opinion is...

can be proven true. Examples: numbers, photos, maps, or eye witness reports, etc.

a personal belief and cannot be proven true. Examples: use of 'I believe', 'I think', 'best', 'seems to be', etc.

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

About how far back would you need to travel to visit the Victorian Era?

75 years

175 years

375 years

750 years

15.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

In the text, the author states that rain is handy for an author. Which word from the thesaurus entry best matches the way handy is used in the text?

ready

clever

useful

nearby

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the main argument the author makes about rain?

Rain makes characters feel sad and lonely?

Rain can greatly affect all parts of the story.

Rain helps characters experience dramatic changes.

Rain can have both pleasant and unpleasant meanings.

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does the author develop the idea that seasons have commonly known meanings?

by explaining where those meanings come from

by showing different ways seasons are important

by including examples from famous authors and stories

by describing why authors like to use seasons in their writing

18.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Which famous writers were mentioned in the text? Check all that are correct.

Mrs. Maas

Charles Dickens

Shakespeare

J.K. Rowling

Jason Reynolds

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