Theme/Main Idea
This is the age group that prefered urban lights to photographs of rural nature.
What are teenagers?
This is the author's purpose of writing this text.
What is to inform people of what we need to achieve happiness?
"He has a heart of gold," is an example of what literary device?
What is a metaphor?
In paragraph 4, the word precipitated is used to mean what?
What is to cause something to happen suddenly?
These two numbers were worn by the late Kobe Bryant during his career with the Lakers.
What are 8 and 24?
This is the reason the author gave for people choosing the scenes from nature versus the city lights.
What is the need to understand our world and/or make our own choices?
This is the type of writing an author uses to educate their readers about a topic.
What is informative/explanation?
"Nature, the Kaplans suggest, is competency's greatest ally," is an example of what literary device?
What is personification?
What is control?
According to urban legend, what animal lives in the sewers of New York City?
What is an alligator?
This is the author's main idea of this text.
What is needing to feel like you are making a difference in the world? (Or some variation of)
This is the type of writing an author uses to describe a topic to their readers.
What is descriptive writing?
In paragraph 17, this is the literary device used when the author states, "So the pictures told a story..."
What is personification?
Our author suggests spending this amount of time outdoors each day can help us cope with health issues and crisis.
What is 20 minutes?
This is the ONLY King in a deck of cards without facial hair.
What is the King of Hearts?
Having an office window that overlooks this has proven to increase this in workers.
What is relaxation?
This is the type of writing an author uses to attempt to convince their audience to think differently about a topic.
What is persuasive writing?
This is the type of figurative language used in paragprah 15, when our author writes, "A trail leading around a tree and disappearing in the distance..."
What is imagery?
In paragraph 9, the word mediocre means this.
What is not very good, or average?
This is the month, day, and year all schools in the state of Iowa were mandated to close due to COVID-19.
What is March 16th, 2020?
These are the three things our author suggests we need in order to be happy (in their thesis statement).
What are feeling competent, knowing we make a difference, and understanding what's going on around us?
This is the purpose of paragraph 9, when the author mentions the professional photographer for city pictures, and the mediocre photographer for nature pictures.
What is to show the audience the quality of the pictures had nothing to do with preference. (Or some variation.)
This is the type of rhetorical appeal the author uses to connect to audience. (Ethos/Pathos/Logos)
What is pathos?
This is the assumption the author makes in paragraph three, when they state, "Before you start firing off all those e-mails about money, love, health, and so on, give these folks a chance to explain."
What is that readers have their own opinions about the keys to happiness? (or some variation)
This is the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.