It's More Than Just Rain or Snow or Springtime

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.

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

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.

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

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

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

• True

• False

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

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

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

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

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

• True

• False