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WorksheetsIt's More Than Just Rain or Snow or Springtime
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
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
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.
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.
About how far back would you need to travel to visit the Victorian Era?
75 years
175 years
375 years
750 years
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
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.
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
Which famous writers were mentioned in the text? Check all that are correct.
Mrs. Maas
Charles Dickens
Shakespeare
J.K. Rowling
Jason Reynolds
